## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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|**From**|01|07|2022|**To**|30|06|2023|
## Section A
## Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Bristol Gurmat Class **Other names charity is known by** BGC **Registered charity number (if any)** 1182218 **Charity's principal address** 15 ELDERBERRY WAY ALMONDSBURY BRISTOL **Postcode BS32 4FH**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Trust deed Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed at the AGM each year Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
|You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant, about:
•
policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees;
•
the charity’s organisational
structure and any wider network
with which the charity works;
•
relationship with any related
parties;
•
trustees’ consideration of major
risks and the system and
procedures to manage them.|The Charity appoints trustees who are professional, with good standing
within their local communities and who are active in promoting and
supporting the work of the charity.
The charity has continued to build strong relationships with other Sikh
Charities and interfaith groups across the UK.
All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or any
other benefit.|
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
Advance the sikh religion in the United Kingdom but especially in the south-west of england and wales for the benefit of the public through the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, public celebration of religious festivals, producing and/or distributing literature to enlighten others about the sikh religion.
The benefit of this is to provide the general public with knowledge on the sikh faith. activities will also include: ·the provision of education of the gurmukhi language for people of all ages; ·education on the subject of sikh scriptural studies and sikh philosophy and ·the provision of training in classical and contemporary indian musical arts in accordance with the teachings of the sikh religion.
Bristol Gurmat Class held weekly classes teaching the Gurmukhi language and Sikh Scripture to around 100 individuals. Free Food (Langar) is offered to all our participants and is cooked and prepared by our volunteers. Indian Classical Music was taught by a specialist tutor for the first time and we were able to increase our inventory of Indian Classical Instruments vastly. Safeguarding, Martial Arts, mental health and other workshops were held and organised by Bristol Gurmat Class.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
A great contribution is made by all volunteers who help Bristol Gurmat Class. We are grateful to all those who have supported the charity.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
In May 2022 we began hiring different community venues in Bristol to hold our classes bi-weekly. Although this was logistically challenging for our team,this was a great success and the number of children attending classes increased. With no permanent base, this arrangement continued for the subsequent academic year (September 2022- July 2023). Langar (free meals) for our students and their families continued throughout this process.
In order to keep the wider community engaged, we held monthly kirtan samagams (hymn singing events) at a local community Centre and attendance was always above 150 people.
We were able to purchase lots of cooking equipment, lite-deck staging and many decor items.
Our biggest event was Bristol's first Sikh Open-Air marquee event in the grounds of May Park Primary School.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially** Not applicable **in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F**
## **Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
## **Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Mandatt Kaur **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc)**
**Date** 26/04/2024
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Bristol Gurmat Class **members of On accounts for the year** 30 June 2023 **Charity no** 1182218 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 8
**Respective** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. **responsibilities of** The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year **trustees and examiner** under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
- **Basis of independent** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given **examiner’s statement** by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
- have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Signed: Date:** 26/04/2024 **Name:** Harmeet S. Gill **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**March 2012**
**IER**
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**Address:** 58 Bourne Avenue Hayes UB3 1QW
**Section B Disclosure Give here brief details of any items that the** None to Report **examiner wishes to disclose** .
**March 2012**
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||**Charity Name**
**Bristol Gurmat Class**
|**Charity Name**
**Bristol Gurmat Class**
|**Charity Name**
**Bristol Gurmat Class**
|**Charity Name**
**Bristol Gurmat Class**
|**No (if any)**
**1182218**|**No (if any)**
**1182218**|**CC16a**||
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||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date
01/07/2022|**To**
|Period end date
30/06/2023||||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**71,583**||**-**|**-**|**71,583**|||**24,654**|
|**_Sub total_**|**71,583**||**-**|**-**|**71,583**|||**24,654**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||
||**71,583**||**-**|**-**|**71,583**|||**24,654**|
||**37,677**
**29,957**
**3,746**
**560**
**700**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**37,677**
**29,957**
**3,746**
**560**
**700**
**-**||||
|Smagams and camps|**37,677**|||**-**|**37,677**|||**16,418**|
|Classes|**29,957**|||**-**|**29,957**|||**6,310**|
|Admin&IT|**3,746**|||**-**|**3,746**||||
|Bank Fees|**560**|||**-**|**560**||||
|Media costs|**700**|||**-**|**700**||||
|Other Projects|**-**|||**-**|**-**|||**7,393**|
|**_Sub total_**|**72,640**||**-**|**-**|**72,640**|||**30,121**|
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|**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases**|||**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||
||**72,640**||**-**|**-**|**72,640**|||**30,121**|
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**1,056**||**-**|
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**1,056**|||**-**
**5,467**|
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**-**|
**-**|**-**|||**-**|
||**1,363**|||**-**|**1,363**|||**6,831**|
||**307**||**-**|
**-**|
**307**|||**1,363**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||||||||
|**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s**
**own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees|Cash at Bank and on hand
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**|||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|||||**307**|**-**|||**-**|
|||||**307**|**-**|||**-**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**belongs**||||**Current value**
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