Charity Registration Number : 1085546
## **THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION**
A CHARITABLE UN-INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION TRUSTEES’ REPORT
AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
## **THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION**
## **CONTENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
|Legal and Administrative Information|......................................................................................|1|
|---|---|---|
|Trustees' Report|......................................................................................|2 - 3|
|Independent Examiner's Report|......................................................................................|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|......................................................................................|5|
|Balance Sheet|......................................................................................|6|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|......................................................................................|7 - 10|
## **THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
## **Trustees**
Avtar Singh Kang Mahinder Singh Dulay Jarnail Singh Baath Gurusewk Sigh Dhesi
**Charity Number**
1085546
## **Registered Office**
The Cloisters (Off Ryhope Road) Sunderland SR2 7ED
## **Secretaries**
Manjit Singh Cheema
**Treasure**
Mohinder Singh Atkar
**Chairman**
## **Independent Examiner**
Surjeet Singh Sangha Muhammad Saeed
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## **THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT**
## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The executive committee has pleasure in submitting their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2025.
## **Structure**
The charity is registered as The Sunderland Sikh Association under number 1085546. The principal activity of the charity is to advance the Sikh religion.
## **Objects**
The objects of the charity, which is governed by its constitution, are to:
Advance the Sikh religion by: -
- Propagating the teachings of the ten Gurus and Sikh Guru Granth Sahib;
- Maintaining a library and reading rooms;
- Encouraging and promoting the study of Sikh religion amongst the public and social cultural dialogue.
Also to promote the benefit of the inhabitants, primarily the Sikh inhabitants, of Sunderland and Tyne & Wear without distinction of sex or sexual orientation, race or political, religious or other opinions by associating together with the said inhabitants, the local authorities and voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to: -
Advance the education of the said inhabitants
- Provide facilities for the recreation of other leisure-time occupation for the said inhabitants in the interests of their social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life.
- Establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain and manage the same in furtherance of these objects.
- Promote such other charitable purposes as may from time to time be determined.
## **Review of activities and future developments**
The statement of Financial Activities for the year is set out in the accompanying financial statements. The Trustees intend to continue developing and improving the charity's activities and services in support of its objectives and the needs of the community.
## **Financial results**
The financial results for the year are set out in the Statement of Financial Activities and accompanying notes to the accounts. The unrestricted incoming resources mainly comprise of voluntary donations and Government Grants received. The Trustees are satisfied with the financial position of the charity and believe that it remains well placed to continue its charitable activities.
## **Reserves**
The Executive Committee has established a policy whereby any surplus unrestricted funds held by the charity shall be retained and applied towards future projects, maintenance requirements, development opportunities and the furtherance of the charity's objectives.
## **Risk review**
The executive committee continually reviews areas of risk to its operation and procedures are implemented to reduce any risks so far as possible.
## **Executive committee and members**
Full membership of the charity, where each member should carry one vote, is open to any person over the age of 18 years interested in furthering the objects, who has paid the annual subscriptions laid down from time to time by the Executive Committee is either:
Of Sikh or Indian Origin;
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Married to a person as above; or
A child of a person of the above.
Associate membership of the charity will be open to individuals of the community interested in furthering the objects without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race, political or other opinions, and who have paid the annual subscriptions fee.
The executive committee consists of not less than 16 nor more than 20 members being:
The honorary officers (a chairman, a secretary and a treasurer) who must be members of the charity; and Not less than 13 and not more than 17 members elected at the annual general meeting.
The executive committee can, in addition, appoint co-optative members with the provision that no one can be appointed as a co-opted member if, as a result, more than one third of the members of the executive committee would be co-opted members.
The charity has a co-optative sub-committee, the members of which attend the executive committee meetings.
All members of the executive committee shall retire from office together at the end of the first annual general meeting following the date on which they came into office, but they may be re-elected or re-appointed.
This report was approved by the trustees and signed on its behalf by:
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**Surjeet Singh Sangha President**
Date : **24 June 2026**
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## **THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of The Sunderland Sikh Association
I report to the Charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 Mar 2025 which consists of the statement of financial activities, balance sheet and the related notes
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees 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 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 material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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.
## Name: **Muhammad Saeed**
Date: **24 June 2026**
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## **THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
|**Recommended categories by**
**activity**
**Notes**
**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
2
Other
3
**Total**
**Expenditure on:**
Other
4
**Total**
Net income
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
210,143.00
3,987.17
**214,130.17**
161,480.95
**161,480.95**
52,649.22
**52,649.22**
930,817.63
**983,466.85**|**Total Funds 2025**
**£**
210,143.00
3,987.17
**214,130.17**
161,480.95
**161,480.95**
52,649.22
**52,649.22**
930,817.63
**983,466.85**|**Total Funds 2024**
**£**
217,038.70
3,870.46|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**220,909.16**|
||||140,385.49|
||||**140,385.49**|
||||80,523.67|
||||**80,523.67**
850,293.96|
||||**930,817.63**|
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## **THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
|**Recommended categories by**
**activity**
**Notes**
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
5
**Total fxed assets**
Current assets
Debtors
6
Cash at bank and in hand
7
**Total current assets**
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
8
Net current assets
**Total net assets**
**Funds of the Charity**
Unrestricted funds
9
Restricted funds
9
Endowment funds
9
**Total funds**|**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
382,553.84
**382,553.84**
497.89
602,792.57
**603,290.46**
2,377.45
600,913.01
**983,466.85**
983,466.85
**983,466.85**|**Total Funds 2025**
**£**
382,553.84
**382,553.84**
497.89
602,792.57
**603,290.46**
2,377.45
600,913.01
**983,466.85**
983,466.85
-
-
**983,466.85**|**Total Funds 2024**
**£**
368,466.52
**368,466.52**
427.00
563,698.51
**564,125.51**
1,774.36
562,351.15|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**930,817.67**|
||||930,817.63
-
-|
||||**930,817.63**|
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 24 June 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
## **Surjeet Singh Sangha President**
Date : **24 June 2026**
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## **THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Charity for The Sunderland Sikh Association is a Charitable Un-incorporated Association in Charity Commission for England and Wales. The registered office is The Cloisters (Off Ryhope Road), Sunderland, SR2 7ED.
## **1. Accounting Policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted by the Charity, which is a public benefit entity, in the preparation of the accounts are as follows.
## **1.1 Basis of preparation**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the inclusion of charitable properties and fixed asset investments and investment properties at valuation.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)” (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
These accounts are presented in pounds sterling and rounded to the nearest pound.
## **1.2 Going concern**
The Trustees have prepared financial projections, taking into consideration the current economic conditions and have, at the time of approving these accounts, a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.
## **2. Income from Donations and Legacies**
|**Analysis**
Donation and gifts
General grants provided by
Government/other charities
**Total**
**3. Other Income**
**Analysis**
Bank Interest
**Total**|**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
209,643.00
500.00
**210,143.00**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
3,987.17
**3,987.17**|**Total funds 2025**
**£**
209,643.00
500.00
**210,143.00**
**Total funds 2025**
**£**
3,987.17
**3,987.17**|**Total funds 2024**
**£**
217,038.70
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**217,038.70**|
||||**Total funds 2024**
**£**
3,870.46|
||||**3,870.46**|
## **3. Other Income**
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## **4. Other Expenditure**
|**Analysis**
Depreciation Charge for the Year -
Other Land & Buildings
Depreciation Charge for the Year -
Plant & Machinery
Depreciation Charge for the Year -
Fixtures & Fittings
Light, Heat & Power
General Insurance
Repairs & Renewals
Telephone, Fax & Internet
Sundry Expenses
Trade and Cleaning
Langar & Refreshments
Depreciation Charge:
Improvements to property
General Travel Expenses
Wages and salaries
Accountancy
Bank Charges
Legal and Professional Fees
Stationery & Postage
Donations
Pension Contributions
**Total**|**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
5,927.24
197.88
1,164.80
53,798.12
6,109.72
7,596.42
470.77
159.00
2,632.84
32,543.54
5,661.76
1,585.50
24,252.80
1,440.00
700.38
5,050.00
152.79
11,500.50
536.89
**161,480.95**|**Total funds 2025**
**£**
5,927.24
197.88
1,164.80
53,798.12
6,109.72
7,596.42
470.77
159.00
2,632.84
32,543.54
5,661.76
1,585.50
24,252.80
1,440.00
700.38
5,050.00
152.79
11,500.50
536.89
**161,480.95**|**Total funds 2024**
**£**
6,048.21
219.87
1,294.23
29,430.49
6,109.72
10,731.87
393.19
200.00
3,001.74
16,224.70
3,044.17
125.00
43,347.20
1,440.00
667.73
11,186.42
346.75
6,503.00
71.20|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**140,385.49**|
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|**5. Tangible Fixed Assets**
**Freehold Land &**
**Buildings**
**£**
**5.1 Cost or valuation**
At 01 April 2024
403,789.00
Additions
-
Disposals
-
Revaluations
-
Transfers
-
At 31 March 2025
**403,789.00**
**5.2 Depreciation and impairments**
At 01 April 2024
107,427.21
Charge for the year
5,927.24
Disposals
-
Revaluations
-
Transfers
-
At 31 March 2025
**113,354.45**
**5.3 Net book value**
At 01 April 2024
296,361.79
At 31 March 2025
**290,434.55**
**6. Debtors: Amounts falling due within**
**Analysis of Debtors**
Trade debtors
Pension
**Total**
**7. Cash at bank and in hand**
**Analysis**
Cash at bank and in hand
Natwest
HSBC
HSBC 2
**Total**|**Freehold Land &**
**Buildings**
**£**
403,789.00
-
-
-
-|**Plant &**
**Machinery**
**£**
9,072.00
-
-
-
-|**Fixtures &**
**Fittings**
**£**
61,857.00
-
-
-
-|**Fixtures &**
**Fittings**
**£**
61,857.00
-
-
-
-|**Improvements**
**to property**
**£**
160,271.00
27,039.00
-
-
-
**187,310.00**
101,794.17
5,661.76
-
-
-
**107,455.93**
58,476.83
**79,854.07**
**Total funds 2024**
**£**
427.00
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**403,789.00**|**9,072.00**|**61,857.00**|||
|||7,092.87
197.88
-
-
-|50,208.23
1,164.80
-
-
-|||
||**113,354.45**|**7,290.75**|**51,373.03**|||
||296,361.79|1,979.13|11,648.77|||
||**290,434.55**|**1,781.25**|**10,483.97**|||
|||**one year**
**Total funds 2025**
**£**
427.00
70.89
**497.89**
**Total funds 2025**
**£**
2,471.25
185,793.56
209,606.79
204,920.97
**602,792.57**||||
||||||**427.00**|
||||||**Total funds 2024**
**£**
155.01
196,501.80
205,619.60
161,422.10|
||||||**563,698.51**|
## **6. Debtors: Amounts falling due within one year**
## **7. Cash at bank and in hand**
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## **8. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
|**Analysis of Creditors**|||**Total funds 2025**|**Total funds 2024**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**£**|**£**|
|Trade creditors|||1,440.00|1,440.00|
|PAYE & Social Security|||937.45|209.74|
|Pension|||-|124.62|
|**Total**|||**2,377.45**|**1,774.36**|
|**9. Charity funds**|||||
|**9.1 Details of material funds held and**||**movements during the CURRENT reporting period**|||
|**Fund names**|**Fund balances**
**brought forward**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Fund balances**
**carried forward**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**|||||
|**Total**|**930,817.63**|**214,130.17**|**161,480.95**|**983,466.85**|
|**9.2 Details of material funds held and**||**movements during the PREVIOUS**||**reporting period**|
|**Fund names**|**Fund balances**
**brought forward**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Fund balances**
**carried forward**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**|||||
|**Total**|**850,293.96**|**220,909.16**|**140,385.49**|**930,817.63**|
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