United Hindu Cultural Association London Registered Charity Number: 1180449 Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 UNrrED HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION LONDON 21Page TabLe of Contents Descri Legal Information 2. Report to the Trustees 3. Independent Examiner's Report io the T￿￿￿eS 4. Notes to the Financial Statement 5. Stalemenl for Financial Aciii'ilies 6. Balance Sheet 7. Income & Expendilure Account 10 UNrrED HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION LONDON 31Pa8e LEGAL INFOILIIATION Name of the Or anisation.. United Hindu Culiural Asscoation London Corres ndence Addr 19 Mealh Road. L¢mdon E15 3DS 07971451658 uniledhinducuttural@gfflail.D)m Re tered Ch Number.. 1180449 Trust88S for the Ac Period." Mr Noni Gopal Paul Mr Dabasish Roy Mr Tanmoy Kumar Saha Mr Debabrata Narayan Chowdhury Mrs Bapila Roy Mr Sujan Kumar Saha Chairperson General Sècrètary Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee for the Accoun Mr N(￿1 Gopal Paul, Chairperson Babu Majumder FCCA. Msc RRB Arxounlanls Lld Suiie 202 Easl Wing Sierfing House Lan9Ston Road, Loughtr)n, England IG10 3TS Banker. Bardays Bank plc Stratford Branch 56-58 Broa¢*¥ay London E15 1XL UNrrED HINOU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION LONDON 41Page REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES Histo Ob-ectives and Activities of UNITED HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION LONDON The Trustees of the UNITED HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION LONDON submit their ￿pOrt and financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2025. Th8 Trust was set up on th8 5th Day of June 2016. The Trust was incorporated as a charity and tts name was entered in the Charity Cornrnission's C8ntr81 R8gist8r on the 29th of October 2018. Th• Ob èctlv•s of th• UNITED HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION LONDON are: To prornote lor the benefit of the general public. in parb'cular people of Asian and other Minority Elhnic Communities wthout d1sbnCt￿ of sex. or race. or of pditical or other opinions in particular but not exclusively in a common effort. 1. To advance the education of lh8 general public in the teathings, culture. traditions arid practice5 of the Bengali Community and by advancing and Increasing Ihe public's knowledge through cross-cultural experiences and opportunits.es which are enlightening and of value to the public. 2. The provision ol recreabonal facilities and ac￿vIlIeS in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life for Ih05e person5 in need of such facilities and 8cb'vitie5 by reason of their youth, age infirmity or disability. finanryal hardship or Social circurn5tsnces. trueturo ov•rnane• and Mana •mo The charity is consliluled by a conslilulion. 11 is govemed by the regulation set out in the Constitution and run by a voluntary management commitlee. Th8 charity's new committee members are elected at the Annual General Meetsng every year. The Management Ccfflmittee member5 are nornally bnefed by the Chairperson and the General Secretary in order to familiarise themselves wth Ihe rules, regyl81ion$ responsiimlitios ol the Charity. Tha M8na9trment Committee met 6 ts"me$ during the year lo review th& a¢ts'VI￿'es of th¢ ¢harity including the approval ol the annual ￿K4)rt and accounts as well as budgets, capital ex￿ndIture and lo set out the fund. raising date lor the charity. The day-to-day work of the charity is overseen by the Chairperson who is responsible to and reports to the Managernenl Commillee. The Mana9ernen¢ Commiilee are awa￿ of the potential risks to the charity, both financial and othe￿ISe. The￿fore. slralegies are in place ¢0 control these risks. Assessrnents have also been taking relating to fi￿ and health and safety. The Management Commiitee are seriously looking into other risk ar$as such 8$ operational, 90￿Man¢e and ¢ompli8n¢o wilh18W and ogulations. Th• Work of UNITED HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION LONOON.. The Managernenl Committee a￿ pleased to repori a very active year. The UNITED HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION LONDON is actively seeking to prolect its financial security in order to continue to Safeguard the on%oin9 development of ihe organisation and ils projects and service5 that it offers to the Ioc81 commvnibes in Ihe Lo￿10￿ Borough of Nevtham. The UNITED HINDU CULTUFiAL ASSOCIATION LONDON and its rneMbe￿ report the Association's work over the last 12 months.. Provided an educat'onal programme around mther toThJue education, SUp￿ementary education and study support. Organised cultural and recrealional activities for the chIld￿n and young people. Organised volunteerin9 Irainin9 CoU￿e5 and volunt￿ring pl8￿ments particularly people who were unemployed (K wished to engage into (x>mmunrty work. The management committee is indebted to all M￿berS and well+wishers for their support to the Association. We would also extend a word ol thanks to all individuals and other community groups and organisations. who have worked wilh and supporled UNITED HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION LONDON and its beneficiary groups. UNrrED HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION LONDON 51Pa8e Financial Review The financial position of the Charity is F¥knyed in the acrompanying Annual Accounts. Slat8ment of Tru5tees' Res nsibilities Law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statement for each finanaal year, which gives a true and lair view ol the charity's finanaal actiwties during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing those finanaal statements. the trustees are required to.. lal Select sulta￿e accounb'ng tolioes and appty consistenty. Ibl Make judgements and e5bmates that are reasonatAe and prudent. Icl Slate whether applicable accountsng standards and statemenls of reeommended praetice have been followed. subject lo any deparlures disdosed and explained In the financial statements. Idl Prepare the financial statements on a going concem basis unless il is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. The Trustees are responsible for keeping ￿unts.ng recths, whith disdoses wrth reasonable accur8cy at 8ny time the financi81 pgsition of the charity and enable thgrn to ensure that the financ181 statements comply with th8 Chanly Act 1993. They are al$0 r8sw)nsible for safeguardin9 the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonat4e steps lor the prevention and detects'on ol fraud aThJ other irregularits'&s. R8serv• Poll¢ 11 is the policy of the charity that unresln'cied funds. which have not been designatsd for a specific use, should be maintained al a level equivalent to at least Ihw months expenditure. The Management Committee consider that reserves at this level wim ensiire that. in the evenl of 8 significant drop in funding, Ih8y will be able to continue the tharity's current aGts"vities while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised. Th& UNITED HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION LONDON will 8Ctively work to aehieve this level of reserves. Rlsk Factors The Trustees have assessed Ihe major risks to which the charity is exposed and a￿ s8t15fied that systems are in place lo mibgale exposure lo the major risk$. Ind• nd•nt Examln•r According lo the provisions of the Charits'es Act 1993. the Trustees agree that an audit is not reqUI￿d lor this financial year. however, dsje to the prowsions ol the same act an Independent Examiner is required. The Truslees agreed to re-apwint RRB Chartered Cerb'fied Accwntsnts to cary out is Independent Examin8bon ol th8 accounts In 2024 12025. Th• Manag•m•nt Commlttw approv•d th• accounts on Iho 29"January 2026. Noni Gopa P￿1 IJAn 31. 2026. 5'.1¥ffi1 Noni Gopal Paul Chalrporson Dated: 29 January 2026 UNrrED HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION LONDON 61Page INDEPENDENT E￿4￿11￿ER.S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ￿lARCH 2025 The financial staternents laKI wt in this report on page5 7 to 10 have prepared under the historical cost convents.on and In accordance with the Statement ol Recommended Practice, Accounb"ng and Reporting by Chanties Commis&on issued in March 2005 and ap[4ica￿e Accounbng Standards and the Charities Act 1993. Responsibilities of the Truslees and Ihe Management Committee as the Charity's Trustees. you are responsible for the p￿paratson ol Ihe a(rwnts and thal you (onsider the audit requirements of Section 43 121 of th& Chariti85 Act 1993, this acl dogs not apply. It Is my r85ponsibility to st8te that on the b8Si5 of procedure5 specrfied In Ihe 9eneral direcb.ons given by the Chaiity Comrni551gners under section 43171 of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Inde ndent Examiners, Ststement The examination of the accounts was carried oul in a(tordance with the general d1￿ctiOn given by the Charities Commissioner. The examinabon irK4ude5'. • A review ol the accounts.ng rèeords kepl by the Charity. • A comparison of thè accounts presenled with those re¢ord$ m*1e availablè. .11 includes considerabon ol any unusual items ol disclosures in Ihe accounts. Finally. making explanations from you as Truslees con￿mIng any such rnatters relating lo the accounts. The examination a150 includes exaMina￿.0n of any suth rnatte￿ ol evidence relevanl to the account of di5dosure5 in ¢he finanrial slalernents. 11 I￿l￿deS a55essment ol the significanl estimates and judgements made in the p￿paration ol the financial ststements, and gf whether ac¢ounting poIi¢ig$ 8ro appropri81¥ tts thg charity's cireumstaneès conwstèntly appliÈd and *1èquaièly disclosÈd. Tho proceduras und6rtak8n do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by Ihe accounts. Inde endent Examlner8' Statemen In connection with our examination no matter h8$ ¢omtr tts attenlion.. 111 Whi¢h giws us ￿8$onable ¢ause ¢0 believe that in any material ffjsw¢l the regul￿ments.. - To keep 8cu)unting r8¢ords in 8¢cordane• wilh $¢¢tion 41 of Act.. and To prepare accounts which accord wth the accounbng records and CoM￿Y with the accounts'ng requirements ol the Act have nol been met., or 121 To which in our opini<)n attenlion should be drawn in order lo enaiAtr a proper undgrstanding of thg accounts to be ￿ache902247b1-ae4b-f 3529c2ae6e5186.188.110.1071