## **Sikh Community & Youth Service (Nottinghamshire)** (Registered charity, number 1027740) **Financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025**
|**Page**|**Contents**|
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|2 - 4|Trustees’ annual report|
|5|Independent examiner’s report|
|6|Receipts & payments account|
|7|Statement of assets & liabilities|
|8|Notes to the accounts|
# **Sikh Community & Youth Service (Nottinghamshire) Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 March 2025**
**Full name** Sikh Community & Youth Service (Nottinghamshire)
**Other names by which the charity is known** SCYS
**Registered charity number** 1027740
**Principal address** 14 Bank Hill, Woodborough, Nottingham, NG14 6EF
## **Trustees**
Gurmel Singh, Chief Executive Paramjit Kaur Sandhu, Chair Iqbal Singh Sanghera, Vice Chair Harvir Kaur Takhar, Secretary
## **Independent examiner**
Eva Stevens, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL
## **Governance and management**
The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted October 1991 and most recently amended 28[th] November 2009.
Any changes to the Management Committee take place in our AGM in accordance to the constitution. Potential trustees have to be registered members of SCYS, advertisements and information to this affect is widely distributed. Nominations are requested by existing committee prior to the AGM with details about background experience and reasons why specific nomination. During the AGM individuals that are nominated, are voted for and seconded by other registered members of SCYS.
## **Objectives and activities**
- To provide facilities in the interests of social welfare in recreation occupation for beneficiaries of all ages. To provide leisure time activities to further develop physical, mental and spiritual capacity of the beneficiaries so their conditions of life may be improved;
- Advancement in education by multi-media and information technology, furthermore by increasing knowledge of heritage, arts and culture and/or raising awareness of diversity;
- To advance the Sikh religion;
- To promote social inclusion for the benefit of the public.
## **Sikh Community & Youth Service (Nottinghamshire)**
## **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit**
The fundamental objective of SCYS is to engage all members of the community, regardless of age or background. This commitment is reflected in the diverse range of activities we offer and the varied makeup of the community members who regularly participate.
Our activities include:
- Comprehensive Youth Services: Weekly youth clubs, performing arts groups, self-defence workshops, youth residential trips, holiday play-schemes, volunteering programs, work-based student placements, and quarterly social, personal, and educational development trips.
- Women’s Health Initiatives: Weekly yoga, swimming, and dance sessions, self-help groups, healthy eating and nutritional awareness workshops, healthier cooking courses, shopping and walking day trips, healthy lifestylepromoting retreats, and personal and social development workshops and opportunities.
## **Public benefit statement**
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.
## **Summary of the main achievements during the period**
All of our current activities take place at hired venues within local community centres as an interim measure while we secure a permanent property. Despite this, our activities have been exceptionally successful, engaging youth, children, and elder members of the community in meaningful and relevant self-help and development activities.
We create a safe and structured environment where children and vulnerable members of the community can thrive and reach their full potential. Although these services are ad hoc, they run smoothly, and we take pride in our ability to deliver them even with nominal funds and very low-income donations or grants.
## **The charity’s policy on reserves**
We currently have a small amount in reserve earmarked towards staff salary or running costs in an emergency should the need arise in the interim of identifying other sources of funding.
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## **Sikh Community & Youth Service (Nottinghamshire)**
## **Financial Review**
We ended the financial year in a stable position, performing slightly better than originally anticipated. This outcome reflects careful budget management, effective cost control, and the strong, consistent commitment of our loyal donors who have supported the charity from the outset. Overall, the organisation is entering the new financial year in a steady and confident financial position.
## **Risks**
With not having our own building for a couple of years now it has impacted the status of the organisation, whereas a hub it was renowned and established. We are managing this risk by running satellite and off site activities and working closely with the Council and the voluntary sector in identifying a suitable property. We also regularly undertake an expenditure assessment to keep running costs to minimum. Furthermore, we are fortunate of the regular donations from members of the community and volunteers where required.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: Signed _____________________________________________ Date __________ Iqbal Singh Sanghera, Trustee dm Z2r)r {2
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## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Sikh Community & Youth Service (Nottinghamshire) for the year ended 31 March 2025**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Sikh Community & Youth Service (Nottinghamshire) (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed _________________________ Date ______________________ 23/01/2026 Eva Stevens BSc, CPFA Employee of Community Accounting Plus
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## **Sikh Community & Youth Service (Nottinghamshire) Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 March 2025**
|_2024_
Total
**Unrestricted**
Funds
**Funds**
£
**Note**
**£**
**Receipts**
3150
Fundraising
-
15260
Grants & donations
**2**
27156
18410
**Total receipts**
**27156**
**Payments**
4720
Activities & events
-
7404
Donations made
5202
4350
Freelance pay
-
760
Insurance
-
683
Legal & professional fees
-
3574
Room & venue hire
-
200
Sundry expenditure
-
278
Card transaction fees
251
21969
**Total payments**
**5453**
(3559)
**Net receipts/(payments)**
21703
146844
Cash funds at start of this period
103510
143285
**Cash funds at end of this period**
**125213**|**_2025_**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
27156
**-**
**27156**
19408
19408
-
5202
5500
5500
847
847
822
822
7857
7857
-
-
-
251
**34434**
**39887**
(34434)
(12731)
39775
143285
**5341**
**130554**|
|---|---|
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## **Sikh Community & Youth Service (Nottinghamshire) Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 March 2025**
|_2024_
£
**Cash assets**
143285
Bank accounts
143285
**Liabilities**
(732)
Creditors- Independent examination fee
(732)|**_2025_**
**£**
130554
**130554**|
|---|---|
||(768)|
||**(768)**|
These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by:
|Signed ___________________________________|Date ___________
22 Jan 2026|
|---|---|
|Paramjit Kaur Sandhu, Trustee||
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## **Sikh Community & Youth Service (Nottinghamshire) Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **1. Receipts & payments accounts**
Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.
## **2. Grants & donations**
|**Unrestricted**
**£**
Netforte Ltd
1469
Sudnry donations
25687
**27156**|**Total**
**£**
1469
25687|
|---|---|
||**27156**|
## **3. Funds analysis**
|**Restricted funds**
Inspirations Project
**Unrestricted funds**
General Fund
Capital Fund|**Opening**
**balance**
**£**
39775
**39775**
8510
95000
**103510**|**Receipts (Payments)**
**£**
**£**
-
(34434)
**-**
**(34434)**
27156
(5453)
-
-
**27156**
**(5453)**|**Closing**
**balance**
**£**
5341|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**5341**|
||||30213
95000|
||||**125213**|
## **4. Trustees’ remuneration**
Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period.
## **5. Related party transactions**
- There were no related party transactions in this period.
## **6. Glossary of terms**
**Creditors:** These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.
**Restricted funds:** These are funds given to the charity, subject to specific restrictions set by the donor, but still within the general objects of the charity.
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