_Registered Charity Number 1181397_ _**Established 2018 as Bristol Puja Committee**_ ## **GLOUCESTERSHIRE PUJA AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION** ## **GLOUCESTERSHIRE PUJA AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (GPCA)** ## A Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) ## Registered Charity Number: **1181397** Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts For the Year Ending 1 August 2024 Email: contactgpca@gmail.com |Web: www.GPCA.uk |Mobile: +44 7906023137; +44 7399287599; +44 7855 005036 Find us also on Facebook Page, Facebook Group and You Tube 1 | Page ## **GLOUCESTERSHIRE PUJA AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION** _Registered Charity Number 1181397_ _**Established 2018 as Bristol Puja Committee**_ ## Table of Contents |**Section**|**Page**
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7| |---|---| |Introduction|| |Vision, Mission, and Values|| |Legal and Administrative Information|| |Structure, Governance and Management|| |Objectives and Activities|| |Achievements and Performance|| |Financial Review|| |Trustee Declaration|| ||| Email: contactgpca@gmail.com |Web: www.GPCA.uk |Mobile: +44 7906023137; +44 7399287599; +44 7855 005036 Find us also on Facebook Page, Facebook Group and You Tube 2 | Page _Registered Charity Number 1181397_ _**Established 2018 as Bristol Puja Committee**_ ## **GLOUCESTERSHIRE PUJA AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION** ## **Introduction** During the financial year 2023–2024, the charity formerly known as Bristol Puja Committee (BPC) underwent a formal transformation and was renamed **Gloucestershire Puja and Cultural Association (GPCA)** on **18 January 2024** , as recorded by the Charity Commission. This change reflects the trustees’ desire to reposition the charity within the Gloucestershire region, broaden its cultural and community engagement, and revive its activities following an extended dormant period caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and relocation of key personnel. ## **Vision, Mission, and Values** ## **Vision** To foster a harmonious society through the promotion of Hindu cultural and religious values, and by supporting individuals and communities during times of hardship. ## **Mission** - To promote Hindu cultural and religious traditions - To celebrate the artistic and heritage contributions of Bengali and South Asian communities - To create inclusive platforms for social, educational, and creative development - To support individuals and organisations during crises such as pandemics and natural disasters ## **Values** - Respect and inclusion - Cooperation and openness - Equality and empathy - Cultural pride and community service ## **Legal and Administrative Information** Email: contactgpca@gmail.com |Web: www.GPCA.uk |Mobile: +44 7906023137; +44 7399287599; +44 7855 005036 Find us also on Facebook Page, Facebook Group and You Tube 3 | Page ## **GLOUCESTERSHIRE PUJA AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION** _Registered Charity Number 1181397_ _**Established 2018 as Bristol Puja Committee**_ - **Charity Name** : Gloucestershire Puja and Cultural Association (formerly Bristol Puja Committee) - **Charity Number** : 1181397 - **Registered Address** : 26 Nightingale Close, Hunts Grove, Hardwicke, Gloucester, GL2 4EB - **Telephone** : 07906 023137 - **Email** : contactgpca@gmail.com - **Website** : https://gpca.uk - **Bankers** : The Co-operative Bank (Charity Business Account), PO Box 250, Skelmersdale, WN8 6WT - **Sort Code & Account No.** : 08-92-99 / 67334272 - **Account Name** : Gloucestershire Cultural and Puja Association ## **Structure, Governance and Management** - GPCA is governed by a board of trustees and supported by volunteers from the local community. It is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), operating under its constitution. - During the reporting period, the trustees initiated a governance refresh, which included relocating the charity’s registered office from Bristol to Gloucestershire, in line with the trustees’ desire to reposition the charity regionally adopting a new name, rebuilding community outreach, and expanding its leadership team. Trustees of GPCA (serving during the year ending 1 August 2024) - Dibakar Gayen, Chairperson, 08 May 2020 - Dr Kalyan Hazra, Trustee, 10 January 2023 - Dr Madhusree Ghosh, Trustee, 10 January 2024 - Ayan Ghosh, Trustee, 10 January 2024 - Bholanath Saha, Trustee, 10 January 2024 Email: contactgpca@gmail.com |Web: www.GPCA.uk |Mobile: +44 7906023137; +44 7399287599; +44 7855 005036 Find us also on Facebook Page, Facebook Group and You Tube 4 | Page ## **GLOUCESTERSHIRE PUJA AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION** _Registered Charity Number 1181397_ _**Established 2018 as Bristol Puja Committee**_ - These trustees contributed to the charity’s strategic transformation, rebranding, and initial event - delivery during the reporting year. _Following the financial year-end, several new trustees were appointed to further strengthen GPCA’s governance and capacity. These will be formally reflected in the 2024–25 annual report._ ## **Objectives and Activities** The charity outlined a renewed programme of Hindu religious and cultural events for the year, aiming to revitalise community participation and promote its core values. Planned events for the year included: - Sarbojonin Durgotsav - Kojagori MahaLakshmi Puja - Saraswati Puja - Rabindra Nazrul Jayanti - Other approved cultural and religious gatherings ## **Achievements and Performance** While GPCA planned a full calendar of events, only **Pithe Puli Utshav** and **Rabindra Nazrul Jayanti** were organised prior to 1 August 2024. Other events — including Sarbojonin Durgotsav and Lakshmi Puja — were delivered after the financial year-end and will be reported in the 2024–25 annual report. Additional achievements include: - Reinstatement of financial operations with a new charity bank account - Launch of GPCA’s website and official communications - Recruitment of five new trustees to strengthen governance - Initial steps toward building community outreach and volunteer participation Email: contactgpca@gmail.com |Web: www.GPCA.uk |Mobile: +44 7906023137; +44 7399287599; +44 7855 005036 Find us also on Facebook Page, Facebook Group and You Tube 5 | Page _Registered Charity Number 1181397_ _**Established 2018 as Bristol Puja Committee**_ ## **GLOUCESTERSHIRE PUJA AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION** ## **Financial Review** During the reporting year, the charity reinitiated financial activities after a dormant period. A new account was opened with The Co-operative Bank, replacing the previously closed HSBC account. Receipts & Payments accounts were prepared separately using **Form CC16a** , in line with Charity Commission guidelines for small CIOs. ## **Summary:** ## **Income & Expenditure Overview** - **Total Income:** £6,157 _(from donations, subscriptions, and sponsorships)_ - **Total Expenditure:** £2,273 _(covering idol purchase, cultural event costs, hall hire, and website hosting)_ - **Closing Cash Balance:** £3,884 As of the reporting date, GPCA held total cash funds of **£3,884** , along with a ceremonial asset (idol – at cost) valued at **£1,322** . The charity operated solely with unrestricted funds, and there is no formal reserves policy currently in place. There were no restricted or endowment funds, liabilities, investments, or other monetary assets. The trustees confirm exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and acknowledge responsibility for compliance with applicable accounting and reporting standards. Email: contactgpca@gmail.com |Web: www.GPCA.uk |Mobile: +44 7906023137; +44 7399287599; +44 7855 005036 Find us also on Facebook Page, Facebook Group and You Tube 6 | Page ## **GLOUCESTERSHIRE PUJA AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION** _Registered Charity Number 1181397_ _**Established 2018 as Bristol Puja Committee**_ ## **Trustee Declaration** The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ Annual Report above and confirm that it is an accurate reflection of GPCA’s operations and governance for the year ending 1 August 2024. ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Name** : Dibakar Gayen **Name** : Kalyan Hazra **Role** : Chairperson **Role** : Trustee **Signature** : **Signature** : **Date** : 13/07/2025 **Date** : 13/7/2025 Email: contactgpca@gmail.com |Web: www.GPCA.uk |Mobile: +44 7906023137; +44 7399287599; +44 7855 005036 Find us also on Facebook Page, Facebook Group and You Tube 7 | Page **Charity Name No (if any) GLOUCESTERSHIRE PUJA AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION 1181397** # **Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y** ## **CC16a** |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
1/8/2023|**To**
|Period end date
1/8/2024| |---|---|---|---| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**3,579**
Members’ subscriptions
**2,556**
Sponsorship
**20**
Interest on deposit account
**2**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,157**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowment funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**3,579**
**2,556**
**20**
**2**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,157**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**3,579**|**-**|**-**|**3,579**|**-**| |Members’ subscriptions|**2,556**|**-**|**-**|**2,556**|**-**| |Sponsorship|**20**|**-**|**-**|**20**|**-**| |Interest on deposit account|**2**|**-**|**-**|**2**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**6,157**
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**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 6,157**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||**-**
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**6,157**|| ||||||| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**|**6,157**|**-**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**|||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|||||| |||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **||**6,157**||||**-**||||**-**||||**6,157**||||**-**|| |**A3 Payments**
Idol
**1,842**
Hall hire
**327**
Web hosting
**29**
Accessories & Other expenses
**74**
**-**|**A3 Payments**
Idol
**1,842**
Hall hire
**327**
Web hosting
**29**
Accessories & Other expenses
**74**
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**-**|**1,842**
**327**
**29**
**74**
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Idol|**1,842**|**-**|**-**|**1,842**|**-**| |Hall hire|**327**|**-**|**-**|**327**|**-**| |Web hosting|**29**|**-**|**-**|**29**|**-**| |Accessories & Other expenses|**74**|**-**|**-**|**74**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| 07/13/2025 1 ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**2,273**||**-**||**-**||**2,273**||**-**| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **||**2,273**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**2,273**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**3,884**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**3,884**||||**-**||| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**3,884**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**3,884**||||**-**||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**|**Details**|**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**3,884**
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**3,884**
OK
**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**to nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Cash at bank as at 01/08/2024||**3,884**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**3,884**||**-**| ||||||OK| ||||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| 07/13/2025 2 ## **B2 Other monetary assets** ## **B3 Investment assets** **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** |**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**-**||**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**||**-**| |**Details**|**Fund to which asset**
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**belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**1,322**
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**(optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Religious ceremonial asset (idol)||Unrestricted||**1,322**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||**When due**
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Dibakar Gayen 13/07/2025
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