## ## ## ## |||||||SORP reference|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary||ofthe purposes|||of||The GNST(S) objectives are to advance
the||| |the charity as set|||out in its||||Sikh religion
for the benefit ofthe public
in||| |governing||document|||||accordance
with the religious tenets and||| ||||||||doctrines
attached
thereto and the GNST(S)||| ||||||||shall have the following
powers exercisable
in||| ||||||||the furtherance
of its said objectives
but not||| ||||||||otherwise,
namely:-||| ||||||||1)|To work for the spiritual
uplift and|| |||||||||mental
purity ofthose who have faith|in| |||||||||the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and the|| |||||||||Ten Gurus.|| ||||||||2)|To hold congregations
for the worship|| |||||||||and teachings
of religious tenets and|| |||||||||doctrines.|| ||||||||3)|To arrange
marriage
ceremonies|| |||||||||according to the rites and rituals ofthe|| |||||||||Sikh religion and the prevailing
law of|| |||||||||England
and Wales.|| ||||||||4)|To arrange
ceremonial
baptism|| |||||||||(Amrit/Khande
di Pahul)|| ||||||||5)|To organise special religious
functions|| |||||||||on important
occasions
like Birthdays|| |||||||||and Martyrdom
days (Shahidi|| |||||||||Gurpurbs)
ofthe Sikh Gurus.|| ||||||||6)|To the preach the message
to the non-|| |||||||||Sikh community
on the Sikh way of|| |||||||||worship
and life by distributing
literature|| |||||||||in English and other languages
on the|| |||||||||lives and teachings
ofthe Sikh Gurus.|| ||||||||7)|To arrange
and provide facilities for the|| |||||||||education
ofthe community
interested|| |||||||||in Punjabi and English.|| ||||||||8)|To encourage
and provide
financial|| |||||||||support for the community
to participate|| |||||||||in religious sports and social activities|| |||||||||or anised
b
the committee.|| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those||||Para 1.17and
1.19|During the period under review the temple
continued
to meet all of its stated objectives
but||| |purposes||for the public|||||operating
'|within COVID guidelines
including:-|| |benefit,|in particular,|||the||||Weekly worship services,
Kirtan and|| |activities,
projects
services identified|||or
in|the|||~|Langar seva.
Celebrated
key birthdays,
events etc.|| |accounts.|||||||~|Performed
Wedding
Ceremonies|| ||||||||~|Performed
Ba tisms|| |||||||~|Performed
Funeral Services and| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||supported
bereaved
families| |||||||~|Provided
pastoral care.| |||||||~|Provided
religious educational| ||||||||entertainment
e.g. Jatha's,
Films etc.| |||||||~|Provided
panjabi classes (N/A)| |||||||~|Provided
sports and other activities| ||||||||classes (N/A)| |||||||~|Celebrated
the New Year| |||||||~|En a ed with the local communit| |Statement||confirming|||Para 1.18|The Trustees
have regard to guidance
and are|| |whether the trustees||||have||content|the charity
is compliant
with spirit ofthe| |had regard||to the guidance||||public benefit guidance
but more work will be|| |issued
by|the Charity|||||carried|out to further
improve
understanding.| |Commission||on public|||||| |benefit|||||||| |Additional|information|||(optional)|||| |You ma
choose to|||include further statements|||where relevant about:|| ||||||SORP reference||| |Polic
on||rant makin|||Para 1.38|No a|licable| |Policy on
including|social investment
program
related||||Para 1.38|No Applicable|| |investment|||||||| |Contribution
volunteers||made|by||Para 1.38|All contributions
are voluntary|| |Other|||||||| |Achieve|m|ents|and Performance||||| ||||||SORP reference||| |Summary
of||the main||||The main achievements
and the difference the|| |achievements||ofthe|charity,|||work of|the GNST(S) made within
the COVID| |identifying|the difference|||the||compliant
guidelines
are:-|| |charity's
work has made
circumstances
of its||||to the||~|A congregation
point for the Sikh
Community
in the local area.| |beneficiaries
and any
benefits to society as|||wider
a whole.||Para 1.20|~|The wellbeing,
pastoral care and
support to the Sikh Community
in the| ||||||||local area.| |||||||~|The spiritual
education
of children.| |||||||~|Provision
ofactivities for children.| |||||||~|Reaching
out to the local non-Sikh| ||||||||community
e.g. School visits to the| ||||||||temple,
provision
of meals to the| ||||||||homeless
and poor.| |||||||~|Support the old, aged and needy.| |||||||~|Health
and wellbein
activities.| ## |||||||||||dedicated seva in keeping the Temple| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||functioning,
which has allowedit
to| |||||||||||continue
to serve and support the sangat| |||||||||||and local community
during
what continued| |||||||||||to be an unprecedented
period due the| |||||||||||COV/0-19
andemic.
THANK YOU.| |Finan|ci|a|l||Review|||||| |Review||of||the charity's|||||Para 1.21|During the period under review the Charity| |financial|||position|||at|the end|||income was 871,099 (Donatl'ons f58,051,| |of the|period|||||||||Property Rent 8f3,048, Giftaid EO and EO
interest)
and expenditure
f56,084 including| |||||||||||legal fees of612,513in respect of property| |||||||||||ownership
dispute
with the previous Trustees| |||||||||||resulting
in a net surplus
off15,015.| |||||||||||The underlying
position excluding
non-recurring| |||||||||||legal fees was a surplus
off27,528.| |||||||||||In addition
to donation
income the Charity| |||||||||||received
property
rental income ofF13,048 and| |||||||||||incurred costs ofF183, producing
in net rental| |||||||||||income of812,865.| |||||||||||No Giftaid claims were submitted
during the| |||||||||||period under review but claims for 2020-21| |||||||||||(K3,220) and 2021-2022 (estimated f10,234)| |||||||||||will be submitted
in the next financial
ear.| |Statement||||explaining|||the||Para 1.22|The Charity does not hold reserves other than| |policy for|||holding|||reserves||||any cash in hand, a current account and a| |stating|why|||they are|||held|||deposit account.| |||||||||||Expenditure
is covered
by regular income and| |||||||||||any deficit covered from the small operating| |||||||||||reserves
held
in cash.| |||||||||||Iffunds are required
for any special purpose,| |||||||||||these are raised from the members
through a| |||||||||||s ecial a
eal or loans.| |Amount||of||reserves|||held||Para 1.22|f34,069 in Cash and Current/Deposit
Accounts| |Reasons|||for||holding||zero||Para 1.22|Some reserves
held
in cash to support
ongoing| |reserves||||||||||operations
and provision
ofservices.| |Details|of||fund materially|||||in|Para 1.24|No funds
held
in variable
investments.| |deficit||||||||||The Charity has loans totalling f122,000 to| |||||||||||cover the trading
deficit due to exceptional
legal| |||||||||||fees and mortgage
redemption
costs| |||||||||||associated
with a fraudulent
mortgage
taken| |||||||||||out by Surjit Singh, a previous
property
Trustee,| |||||||||||who has been removed
by order ofa High| |||||||||||Court Judgement.
These loans are interest free| |||||||||||and no repayment
date has been agreed.| |||||||||||Loans outstanding
have been reduced
by 2700
from f122,700 due to reclassification
as| |||||||||||donations.| |Explanation|||||of any||||Para 1.23|The legal case relating
to a property
ownership| |uncertainties|||||about the|||||dispute
with the previous Trustees was decided| |charity continuing
concern||||||as|a going|||by the Leeds High Court
in favour ofthe
GNST(S) and costs awarded
in September/| |||||||||||October 2019.| |||||||||||The only uncertainty
is the recovery ofthese| |||||||||||costs from the defendants:-
'| |||||||||||Surjit Singh, E132k+(E95k+737k+| |||||||||||rental income), has been declared| |||||||||||bankru
t.| ## |~
Balbir Singh, 8118k(895k plus interest| |---| |and costs), who financial
status
is| |unclear.| |Following
the election ofthe new Management| |Committee
a subcommittee
was formed to deal| |with outstanding
legal matters
including
a claim| |for historical
unbilled
legal fees totalling
E65k| |and circa 230k ofcurrent
unbilled fees.| |Members
ofthe subcommittee
met with the| |Senior Partner ofWilkin Chapman
on 2/11/2021| |and as result the discussions,
WC agreed to| |write off all unbilled fees to date except E10k| |which was agreed to be paid
in 10 monthly| |instalments
commencing
December 2021.| |Post year end:| |Balbir Singh owned residential
property at 48| |Taylor Road and adjoining
land. On the| |instruction
ofthe High Court Wolverhampton,| |Paul Raine, independent
Single Joint Expert,| |was appointed
to value the property and in his| |written
report he concluded
that the property| |valuation in an open market would be circa| |8210k and ifthis valuation is achieved circa| |891kless costs could be realised after the| |mortgage ofcirca 2119kis redeemed.
A further| |hearing scheduled
for31August 2022 was| |vacated to allow the expert to respond to any| |questions
and final hearing is expected to be| |held after 30September 2022.| |As a result ofthe relaxation ofCOVID-19| |restrictions,
temple attendances
and income| |have recovered and the Management| |Committee
and Trustees feel that with the| |historical legal feesissue resolved,
the Charity| |will have sufficient funds to continue as a going| |concern for the foreseeable
future.| |Additional||information|information|information|information|(optional)|(optional)||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma|choose to||||include further statements|||where relevant
about|||| |The charity's|||principal|||||Funds are generated|from donations|and the|| |sources|of|funds||(including|||Para 1.47|provision
of pastoral|services to the local Sikh||| |any fundraising)||||||||Community.
Property
rental income from the letting|||of two| |||||||||domestic properties|on 22 Dale Street||and 209a| |||||||||&209b Frodingham|Road, Scunthorpe.||| |||||||||Giftaid income.|||| |||||||||De osit account interest.|||| |investment|||policy and|||||Not applicable|||| |objectives||including|||any||Para 1.46||||| |social investment||||policy|||||||| |ado ted|||||||||||| |A description
risks facing|||ofthe principal
the charity||||Para 1.46|With the historical
unbilled fees issue resolved
only the risk that remains
is the recovery of|||| |||||||||legal costs awarded|by the Leeds High||Court| |||||||||from the defendants,|Surjit Singh and||Balbir| |||||||||Singh and the repayment
of member's|||loans.| |||||||||The Management
Committee
and Trustees are|||| |||||||||confident these risks|are manageable||with the| |||||||||continued
su
ort of|the San at.||| |Other|||||||||||| ## |Description
of charity's||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:||||||| |Type of governing
document||Para 1.25|Trust Deed and Written
Constitution|||| |(trust deed, royal charter)||||||| |How is the charity||Para 1.25|Unincorporated
religious
organisation|||| |constituted?||||||| |(e.g unincorporated||||||| |association,
CIO)||||||| |Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|The Property Trustees were appointed||through|| |including
details of any|||an election process by members
ofthe||Guru|| |constitutional
provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|||Nanak Sikh Temple (Scunthorpe).
The Charity Trustees were the past President,
Treasurer
and two ofthe Property Trustees.
With the long running
legal case decided in
favour ofthe GNSTthe Management
Committee
and the Trustees plan to review the|||| ||||Governance
Structure in 2022-2023.|||| |Additional
information|(optional)|||||| |You ma
choose to include further statements|||where relevant
about|||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction||Para 1.51|Induction
by the Management
Committee
reference to the written
Constitution
and|||with| |and training
oftrustees|||guidance
from legal advisors.|||| ||||More work will be carried out going forward.|||| |The charity's
organisational|||Other Sikh Temples
in the UK and India|||| |structure
and any wider||Para 1.51||||| |network
with which the||||||| |charit
works||||||| |Relationship
with any
related
arties||Para 1.51|No formal relationship|||| |Other||||||| ## ## ## ## |Funds held as cust|odia|n
trust|ees
on behalf ofother| |---|---|---|---| |Description
ofthe assets||Nil|| |held
in this ca acit||Property|held on behalf the GNST(S) only| |Name and objects ofthe||Nil|| |charity on whose behalf|the||| |assets are held and how|this||| |falls within the custodian|||| |charit
's ob ects|||| |Details of arrangements|for|Nil|| |safe custody and|||| |segregation
ofsuch assets|||| |from the charity's
own|||| |assets|||| ## ## ## ||~||a||||||~|~|~||~
~||~|~ ~|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||Endowment| |||Categories|||||Details||||||funds|||funds|funds| ||||||||||||||to nearest 6||to|nearest 6|to nearest 6| |61 Cash||funds|||||Cash in hand||||||163||||| ||||||||Bank||||||30,189||||| ||||||||Bank||||||3,717||||| |||||||||||Total|cash|funds|34,069||||| ||||||||(agree balances|||with receipts end payments|||||||| |||||||||||||account(s))|||||| ||||||||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|||Endowment| ||||||||||||||funds|||funds|funds| ||||||||Details||||||to nearest 6||to|nearest 6|to nearest 6| |B2Other||monetary|||assets||Not applicable||||||||||| ||||||||Details||||||Fund to which
asset belon s|Cost (optional)|||Current value
o tional| |63Investment||||assets|||No applicable||||||||||| ||||||||Details||||||Fund to which
asset belon s|Cost (optional)|||Current value
o tional| |B4Assets retained|||||for|the|207 Frodingham||Road, Scunthorpe||||||||| |charity's||own||use|||209 Frodingham||Road, Scunthorpe||||||||| ||||||||22 Dale Street,||Scunthorpe||||||||| ||||||||||||||Fund to which|Amount due|||When due| ||||||||Details||||||liabili
relates||o tional||o tional| |B5Liabilities|||||||Members|Loans||||||||122,000|To be agreed| |Signed by one or two trustees
behalf of all the trustees||||||on||Signa ure|||||Print Name||||Date of
a
royal| ||||||||||||||Sukhdev|Sin|h||2-w.+|