## **Charity Commission** ## Charity Commission Annual Return 2024 ## **Hindu Buddhist Cultural Association** Charity registration number: 1171295 **Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked. This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2024.** ## **Financial period** ## **Financial period start date** 25/01/2023 ## **Financial period end date** 24/01/2024 ## **Income and spending** ## **Income £** £25,085 ## **Spending £** £24,082 ## **Number of contracts from government** **How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?** 0 ## **Number of grants from government** **How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?** 0 ## **Income breakdown** ## **Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received)** £25,085 ## **Charitable activities** £0 ## **Other trading activities** £0 ## **Investments** £0 ## **Other** £0 ## **Recipients of grants** **Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas).Individuals** £0 ## **Other charities** £0 **Other organisations that are not charities** £0 ## **Trustee payments** ## **Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return?** ⊠ e. None of the trustees have been paid **Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return?** No ## **Income from outside the UK** **Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?** No ## **Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom** **Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?** No ## **Spending outside England & Wales** **Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?** No **Trading subsidiaries** **Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?** No ## **Charity contact details correct** ## **Is the contact address displayed from the Register of Charities, correct?** Yes ## **Charity headquarters details correct** ## **Is this the same address that you use as your charity's administrative headquarters?** Yes ## **Charity contact address** 657 Green Lanes London N8 0QY ## **Charity Headquarters address** 657 Green Lanes London N8 0QY **Membership type** **Is your charity part of a wider group structure with a parent body and subsidiary bodies?** no, the charity is not part of a wider group structure ## **Employment contract types** ## **People were permanently employed by your charity** 0 ## **People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity** 0 ## **Self-employed people were working for your charity** 3 ## **Total overseas employees** **How many of the people above work on behalf of your charity outside of the United Kingdom?** 0 ## **Total employee payroll** **What was the total amount spent on employee payroll during the financial period relating to this return?** £0 ## **Employees' salaries** **Did any of your charity's employees receive total employment benefits of £60,000 or more in the financial period of this annual return?** No **Governance policies** **Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures** Yes ## **Safeguarding policy and procedures** Yes ## **Financial reserves policy and procedures** Yes ## **Complaints policy and procedures** Yes ## **Serious incident reporting policy and procedures** Yes ## **Internal risk management policy and procedures** Yes ## **Trustee expenses policy and procedures** Yes ## **Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures** Yes ## **Investing charity funds policy and procedures** Yes ## **Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures** Yes ## **Bullying and harassment policy and procedures** Yes ## **Social media policy and procedures** Yes ## **Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures** Yes **Serious Incidents** **Has your charity reported all Serious Incidents (including any historical incidents) that the charity became aware of during the financial period of this return?** There were no incidents to report ## **External risk and impact** ## **Donations,** Positive ## **Other income - grants** Negative ## **Other income - contracts** Negative ## **Other income - investment** Negative ## **Expenditure on charitable activities** Negative ## **Expenditure on overheads** Negative ## **Number of volunteers** Negative Negative ## **Number of employees** ## **Number of trustees** Negative ## **Fundraising activities** Negative ## **Capacity to deliver services** Negative ## **Total service demand** Negative ## **Volunteers** **Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return?** 4 ## **Privacy statement** **Any information you give us will be held securely and processed only in accordance with the rule on data protection. 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Any changes we may make to our privacy statement in the future will be set out in the replacement version of this form.** **Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.** ## **Declaration** **Your role at the charity (select one):** ⊠ Trustee **Given names** Sinthuja Kajansivakumaran **Family name** 07950283907 **Telephone number Email** ghaajen21@gmail.com 27/10/2024 **Date submitted** **It is a criminal offence under section 60 of the Charities Act 2011 for anyone to knowingly or recklessly provide false or misleading information to the commission; this includes suppressing, concealing or destroying documents.**