**SREE NARAYANA GURU DHARMA SAMAJAM UK Charity Reg No: 1184461** 

**Trustees’s Annual Report & Accounts for the period** 

**01-08-2022 to 31-07-2023** 


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## **Contents** 

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|1.|Trustees Annual Report|3|
|2.|Structure Governance & Management|4|
|3.|Objectives and activities|5|
|4.|Achievements and performance|6|
|5.|Accounts|8|



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**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 


**From** 

Period start date 

**01** 

**08** 

**2022** 

**T o** 

Period end date 

**31 07 2023** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**SREE NARAYANA GURU DHARMA SAMAJAM UK** 

**Charity name** 

**SNGDSUK Other names charity is known by** 

**Registered charity number (if any)** 1184461 

**Charity's principal address** 40 Mayday Road 

Thornton Heath Surrey **Postcode CR7 7HL** 

**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|<br>1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**wholeyear**|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||SHAJI<br>SREEDHARAN|Assistant Secretary||SNGDSUK AGM|
||SAJEEV SA-<br>DASIVAN|Chair||SNGDSUK AGM|
||SURESHKU-<br>MAR KARU-<br>NAKARAN|Treasurer||SNGDSUK AGM|
||KUMAR SU-<br>RANDRAN|Trustee||SNGDSUK AGM|
||Dr SURESH<br>SREEDHARAN|Secretary||SNGDSUK AGM|
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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** 

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||**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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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||||
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## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 


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Type of governing document      Constitution adopted at SNGDSUK’s General body meeting held in Croydon<br>(eg. trust deed, constitution) on 08-07-2019<br>CIO Foundation<br>How the charity is constituted<br>(eg. trust, association, company)<br>Elected by Annual General Meeting yearly.<br>Trustee selection methods<br>(eg. appointed by, elected by)<br>Additional governance issues (Optional information)<br>NONE<br>You  may choose  to include additional<br>information, where relevant, about:<br>policies and procedures adopted for the<br>induction and training of trustees;<br>the charity’s organisational structure and<br>any wider network with which the<br>charity works;<br>relationship with any related parties;<br>trustees’ consideration of major risks and<br>the system and procedures to manage<br>them.<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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## **Section C Objectives and activities** 

||**Section C Objectives and activities**|**Section C Objectives and activities**|**Section C Objectives and activities**|
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|**Summary of the objects of the chari-**<br>**ty set out in its governing document**||FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESER-<br>VATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR<br>TEMPORARILY IN CROYDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS<br>THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AWARENESS TALKS (MATS),<br>YOGA CLASSES AND ANY OTHER WAYS IN WHICH THE TRUSTEES SEE<br>FIT.||
|**Summary of the main activities un-**<br>**dertaken for the public benefit in**<br>**relation to these objects (include**<br>**within this section the statutory dec-**<br>**laration that trustees have had re-**<br>**gard to the guidance issued by the**<br>**Charity Commission on public bene-**<br>**fit)**||As a charity, trustees of SNGDSUK recognises the requirements to<br>clearly demonstrate the objects of the charity which are for the public<br>beneft.<br>In summary, the benefts to the public identfed are as follows:<br>**Increased Health Awareness:**Communites in the Croydon borough beneft<br>from monthly drop-in sessions that include medical awareness talks. These<br>sessions are held at the West Thornton Community Hall in Croydon and are<br>funded by the Natonal Lotery.<br>**Stress Reducton and Physical Fitness:**To help reduce stress and anxiety<br>while improving balance, fexibility, and strength, we have organized social<br>cohesion events and yoga sessions. Social cohesion events include Christ-<br>mas celebratons and invitng guests for yoga demonstratons.<br>**Regular Yoga Sessions:**Yoga sessions are held twice a week, funded by the<br>Community Fund. They take place at Haslemere Hall in Croydon every Satur-<br>day from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM and at Queens Community Centre Hall in<br>Croydon every Tuesday from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Additonally, we have<br>conducted online yoga sessions alongside our in-person classes.<br>The community-funded project "Recovery" ran from April 2022 to March<br>2023. This project succeeded in bringing people together, fostering im-<br>proved relatonships within our BAME communites.||
|**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**<br>||||
|You**may choose**to include further<br>statements, where relevant, about:<br>policy on grantmaking;<br>policy programme related investment;<br>contribution made by  volunteers.||None||



**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

None 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** Enhanced health awareness among the communities in our borough. Higher participation in yoga classes, leading to significant improvements in attendees' physical and mental health. Greater public engagement and community cohesion through our drop-in sessions. 

## **Section E                    Financial review** 

Cash at bank at 31-07-2023 was £13400.63 and cash in hand £31. The main risk to char- **Brief statement of the charity’s poli-** ity is the loss of funding from Community Fund and volunteers’ donations. The funds in **cy on reserves** the bank will cover one year hiring of hall, Yearly charity insurance and any other small unforeseen expenditure. **Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional The main source of income was the grant from Community fund and general donations. information, where relevant about: The funds have been used for Medical awareness talks, Yoga classes and drop-in sesthe charity’s principal sources of funds sions in our hired hall. (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** 

**Future Plans** 

- Engage with more communities in our public events. 

- Expand our current activities to reach a broader audience. 

- Investigate additional services that align with our objectives to benefit the public. 

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## **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)** SHAJI SREEDHARAN **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Secretary **Date** 28-05-2024 

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**Charity Name No (if any) SNGDSUK Receipts and payments accounts** Period start date Period end date **For the period To from** 31/07/2023 01/08/2022 

## **CC16a** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br> <br>**A1 Receipts**<br>|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br> <br>**A1 Receipts**<br>|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br> <br>**A1 Receipts**<br>|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br> <br>**to the nearest £**<br> <br>|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br> <br>**to the nearest £**<br> <br>|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br> <br>|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br> <br>|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br> <br>|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br> <br>|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br> <br>|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Communityuy fund 2023-2024|**0**|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|<br>**9887.00**|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**||**9887.00**|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**9275**|
|Standing Order|**475.00**||**0**||<br>**-**||**430.00**||<br>**720.08**|
|General Donation|**540.00**||<br>**0**||**-**||**540.00**|||
|Interest|**3.45**||**0**||<br>**-**||**3.45**||**50.00**|
||**0**||**0**||**-**||**0**|||
||**0**||**- **||**-**||**0**|||
||**-**<br>||**-**||**-**||**-**||<br>**-**|
||**-**<br>||**-**||**-**||**-**||<br>**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> <br>**1018.45**||**9887.00**||**0**||**10860.45**||**10045.08**|
||<br>**-**<br> <br>**-**<br>||<br> <br>**-**<br>**-**||<br> <br>**-**<br>**-**||<br> <br>**-**<br> <br>**-**|||
|**A2 Asset and investment**<br>**sales, (see table).**||||||||||
||**-**<br>||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**<br>||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|<br>**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts _**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||<br>|||
||<br>**1018.45**||**9887.00**||**-**||**10860.45**||**10045.08      -**|
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|Liablity insurance renewable cost|**0**|<br>  <br>  <br>  <br>  <br>  <br>  <br> <br>|**0**|<br> <br>  <br>  <br>  <br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**||||**101.00**|
|0ther expenses|**533.80**||**0**||**-**||**533.80**||**548.00**|
|Community Fund 2021-22|**0**||**0**||**-**|||||
|Community Fund 2022-2023|**0**||<br>**6565.88**||**-**||**6565.88**||**2576.00**|
|Hall Rent|**237.00**||**0**||**-**||**237.00**|||
||**0**||<br>**0**||**-**|||||
||**0**||<br>**0**<br>**-**||<br>**-**|||||
|Venue|**0**||**0**||**0**|||||
|Drop in sesion|**-**<br>||||**-**||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**|<br>**770.80**||**6565.88**||**-**||**7099.88**||<br>**3268.85**|
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## **A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)** 

**-** _**Sub total**_ **-** _**Total payments**_ **770.80 9887.00                               - 10657.80 166.80** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **247.65                   3321.00                               - 3502.77 6933.00 A5 Transfers between funds - -                         - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 3133.00 6699.00 - 9832.00 3055.00** _**Cash funds this year end**_ **3380.65 10020.20 - 10034.65 3086.63** 

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**Categories** 

**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ 10020.20                                         - 3380.65 -                                 - 31.00 -                                   -                                 - 3411.65 10020.20 -** 

**Details** Bank Cash 

## _**Total cash funds**_ 

(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) 

## OK OK OK **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £** 

## **Details** 

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## **Details** 

## **Details** 

**Fund to which Amount due liability relates (optional)** 

**Amount due When due (optional) (optional) - - - - -** 

## **Details** 

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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

|Signature<br>ShajiSreedharan<br> Suresh Kumar Karunakaran|Print Name<br>Shaji Sreedharan<br>Suresh Kumar Karunakaran|Date of ap-<br>proval|
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||Shaji Sreedharan|28/05/2024|
||Suresh Kumar Karunakaran|28/05/2024|



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## **SNGDSUK** 

**Trustees of SNGDSUK 2022-23** 

**Mr. Shaji Sreedharan Mr Kumar Surandran Mr Sajeev Sadasivan Dr. Suresh Sreedharan Mr Sureshkumar Karunakaran** 

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