Shree Sukhpur Earthquake Relief Trust
59 Mount Pleasant Road, Chigwell, Essex. IG7 5EP Tel. 01268 724 287 (Day) 020 8500 6972 (evening) Registered Charity Number 1085396 Website: https://www.ssert.org Email: lalji@bhudia59.co.uk
Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 2021
Shree Sukhpur Earthquake Relief Trust is constituted by Deed of Trust and is a registered charity, No. 1085396. The Charity address is at 59 Mount Pleasant Road, Chigwell, Essex IG7 5EP. The charity trustees during the year to 31 March 2020 were:
Mr Lalji Velji Bhudia (Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary) Mr Arvind Mavji Kethani Mr Premji Lalji Hirani (Vice-Chairman) Mr Devshi Kanji Velani Mr Ramji Ravji Patel Mr Devshi Shivji Lalji Patel Mr Kishore Ramji Patel Mr Devshi Gopal Naran Mr Hirji Lalji Bhudia Mr Karsan Arjan Vaghani Mr Gopal Kanji Naran Mr Umesh Premji Patel Mr Karsan Shivji Bhuva Mr Mavji Hira Patel
The charity was registered on 6 March 2001 following the devastating earthquake in Bhuj on 26 January 2001, which destroyed approximately 90% of Sukhpur. The object of the charity is to relieve distress caused by the earthquake in Sukhpur, Bhuj, Gujarat, India on 26 January 2001. The purpose is to use the funds to relieve those who may need help whether now or in the future because of this tragedy, with special consideration being given to orphans, the elderly and people who are with disability.
The charity is continuing with its objectives of providing long-term assistance through SSERT Hospital in Sukhpur by providing basic GP services 24 hours per day including Physio services, Dental and Eye Clinic and Medical Store at the hospital. We are also making donation to the Sukhpur Tiffin Service to provide 2 meals daily free or partly paid every day to the needy people in the town. The hospital is still providing a valuable service to the local community and the surrounding towns. The committee and the trustees are happy with the service it is providing. We have set up Dental clinic from April 2018 with a fulltime dentist employed and Eye clinic from June 2018 at the hospital through a link up with The Blind Peoples Association charity in Bhuj. They are providing the specialist to operate the clinic at SSERT hospital and if any patients require eye treatment or operation, they will carry out the required treatment at their fully equipped hospital in Bhuj at very low cost or even free depending on the treatment required.
The charity is still running completely on interest and the income generated by the Hospital and Medical Store. The trustees believe that whilst the charity is able to support itself there is no need to generate any additional funds in UK.
As per last year’s report we have opened 3 trustees NRE account no. 382413110000565 with foreign account status with our existing fund holding bank - Bank of India to hold the SSERT funds in the 3 UK trustee names with any 2 trustee’s signatures to operate the account. We have also arranged the legal agreement to protect the SSERT funds and the trustees against any legal or tax problems or any funds ownership problems while the SSERT funds are held in their names. The 3 trustees on the legal agreement are Lalji V Bhudia, Hirji Lalji Bhudia, Gopal Kanji Naran. The bank has agreed to hold all the existing fixed deposit accounts held in the SSERT trust name and we will transfer them to the 3-trustee account as they mature. The funds transferring process is working good and we will complete all the funds transfer in June 2022.
Due to the COVID-19 we have not been able to hold a face-to-face meeting with the trustees to discuss reducing the number of trustees who are less active as mentioned in the last years report. We will review this in 2022 when we are able to hold the face-to-face meeting to allow any new persons who regularly visit Sukhpur and who are interested in joining the charity to become trustees so that we are able to run more efficiently and make it easier to make trustee decisions.
Lalji Velji Bhudia 05 December 2021 On behalf of the board of trustees
Shree Sukhpur Earthquake Relief Trust
59 Mount Pleasant Road, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 5EP Tel. 01268 724 287 (Day) Tel. 020 8500 6972 (Evening) UK Registered Charity Number 1085396 Website : https://www.ssert.org Email : lalji@bhudia59.co.uk
Receipt and Payments Accounts : 01 April 2020 Year to 31 March 2021
| ceipt and Payments Accounts : 01 April 2020 Year to 31 March 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RECEIPTS Income receipts : From voluntary sources Donations Fund-raising events and appeals Donation received in India Gift Aid tax refund claim Payments received from Charities Aid From assets : U.K,. Deposit interest Interest received in India Income in India Hospital Income Medical Store( Chemist ) income Total receipts PAYMENTS Charity activity direct expenditure : Other expenditure Fund raising events Meeting Expenses Stationary & Postage Bank charges Advance hall booking fee & other hall hire charges Cost of Telephone calls to India by the Trustee's Charitable Activities Payments made towards Education & School Monthly payments made towards disabled-All payments stopped 31-03-2020 Donation towards Tiffin service for elderly persons Hospital running cost from 01-04-2020 to 31-03-2021 Medical Store( Chemist ) running cost from 01-04-2020 to 31-03-2021 Old Building Renovation for Physio Department setup Hospital Ambulance Purchase & Fitting cost Bank Charges Expenditure sub-total Total payments Net receipts for the year Loss / Gain due to Exchange Rate Net Profit / Loss |
To 31/03/2021 0 0 0 0 0 1 9,000 13,312 25,694 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,900 22,974 29,519 0 0 0 -£24,927.72 |
48,008 54,394 54,394 -6,386 24,928 18,543 |
To 31/03/2020 | |
| 0 0 0 0 0 3 10,522 20,435 42,768 |
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| 73,727 | ||||
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 749 23,414 39,404 0 0 0 |
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| 63,567 | ||||
| 63,567 | ||||
| 10,161 | ||||
| 29,628 | ||||
| 39,789 |
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Shree Sukhpur Earthquake Relief Trust
59 Mount Pleasant Road, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 5EP Tel. 020 8500 6972
UK Registered Charity Number 1085396 Website : https://www.ssert.org Email : lalji@bhudia59.co.uk
| Balance Sheet 31-03-2021 Barclays Bank current balance at 31 March 2021 Barclays Bank savings a/c balance at 31 March 2021 Bank Of India savings A/C ( U.K.) balance at 31 March 2021 - (Account closed 8-11-2019) Total U.K. Bank Balance at 31 March 2021 Bank A/c No. Bank of India, Sukhpur balance for Fixed Deposit account at 31 March 2021 4309 Bank of India, Sukhpur balance for NRE Savings account at 31 March 2021 4307 Bank of India, Sukhpur balance for SB Savings account at 31 March 2021 4586 Bank of India, Sukhpur balance for Hospital account at 31 March 2021 0565 BOI Sukhpur New 3 Trustee Savings A/C bank bal. as of 31-03-2021 2194 SBI -Sukhpur Hospital account bank balance as of 31-03-2021 9164 SBI-Sukhpur Medical store account bank balance as of 31-03-2021 Bank deposits and current accounts Balance at 31 March 2021 NRE Fixed |
To 31/03/2021 £ 101.11 3,309.67 0.00 3,411 225,437.33 ** 40.61 * 0.00 537.41 10,985.24 3,970.64 3,541.75 *247,924 |
To 31/03/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| £ 45 1,509 0 |
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| 1,554 | |||
| 201,984 42 2,401 1,297 11,303 2,923 7,879 |
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| 229,382 |
Bank deposits and current accounts Balance at 31 March 2021 BOI = Bank Of India Accounts SBI = State Bank Of India new accounts
** Conversion rate of Rs.100.00 used for conversion from Indian Rupees to Sterling
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of SHREE SUKHPURE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF TRUST On accounts for the year ended 31 MARCH 2021 Charity no lif any) 1085396 Set out on pages 1 of2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity Iyhe Trusl.) for the year ended 3110312021. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the pparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1"the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)Ibl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kepi in accordance with section 130 of the Act or Ihe accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no COnrnS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the braGkets if they do not 8ppIy. Signed: Date: 6112/2041 Name". Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (if any}: N/A Address: IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete ifthe examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018