2024-06-30-accounts - Bristol Gurmat Class

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Section A

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 07 2023 To 30 06 2024

Reference and administration details

Charity name Bristol Gurmat Class

Other names charity is known by BGC / Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Gurmat Vidhyala

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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Inderpal K Dhesi
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2 Karanjit Singh
Chair
3 Mandatt Kaur
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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)
Type of adviser Name Address




Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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)

Youmay chooseto 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

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 runs multiple weekly classes teaching around 100 individuals. Religious services are held. Free Food (Langar) is offered to all our participants and is cooked and prepared by our volunteers.

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)

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 At the end of the previous Financial year (May 2023) we moved into our achievements of the charity new permanent premises at the Old Flowerpot Inn, High Street, during the year Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 4AQ. This meant we became responsible for the operation and associated running costs of this permanent base. We invested in our equipment, security and IT.

Additionally, we continued to hire May Park Primary School for our Saturday class.

In July 2023 we organised an outdoor event (Gurmat Samagam) at our new site inaugurating the premises. In August we held our first residential camp for over 100 attendees in South Wales.

The rest of the academic year we continued to host an array of religious/ interfaith and educational events.

Each event was supplemented by free meals provided by the organisation (Guru Ka Langar).

We continued to support local charities and worked to support Bristol and Bath's Sikh Student Unions.

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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 2024 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

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
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Name: Harmeet S. Gill Relevant professional ACA qualification(s) or body (if any):

Date: 26/04/2025

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IER

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 .

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	Charity Name Bristol Gurmat Class	Charity Name Bristol Gurmat Class	Charity Name Bristol Gurmat Class	No (if any) 1182218
	For the period from	Period start date 01/07/2023	To	Period end date 30/06/2024

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	93,219	-	-	93,219	71,583
*Sub total*	93,219	-	-	93,219	24,654
A2 Asset and investment sales	-	-	-	-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
	93,219	-	-	93,219	24,654
				26,653 21,043 2,559 4,260 24,109 420 8,793
Smagams and camps	26,653 21,043 2,559 4,260 24,109 420 8,793	-	-	26,653	37,677
Classes		-	-	21,043	29,957
Admin & IT/Phone/Website		-	-	2,559	4,306
Media/Publishingcosts		-	-	4,260	700
Propertycosts				24,109
Transport costs				420
Langar costs		-	-	8,793
*Sub total*	87,836	-	-	87,836	30,121
				5,546
A4 Asset and investment purchases	5,546	-	-	5,546
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
	93,383	-	-	93,383	72,640

	- 163	-	-	- 163	- 1,056
	- 307	-	-	-	-
		-	-	307	1,363
	144	-	-	144	307

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	bilities 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 Details Signature Details IT and langar equipment Cash at Bank and on hand *Total cash funds* Details Details		Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £ -	Endowment funds to nearest £
	Cash at Bank and on hand	144	-	-
	*Total cash funds* Details	144	-	-
		Unrestricted funds to nearest £		Endowment funds to nearest £
		-	-	-
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs		Current value (optional)
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	Details	Fund to which asset belongs		Current value (optional)
	IT and langar equipment	5,546		-
				-
	Details	Fund to which liability relates		When due (optional)
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				Date of approval
		Mandatt Kaur		26/04/2025