
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From: 1[st] Aug, 2020    To  31[st] July, 2021 Charity name: Nishkam Divine Service** 

## **Charity registration number: 1184927** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The relief of those in need by reason<br>of youth, age, ill-health, disability,<br>financial hardship or other<br>disadvantage in the UK and India.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|•<br>Emergency Food Bank<br>•<br>Special Dietary Food Bank<br>•<br>Distribution Food Bank<br>•<br>Support for individuals and families<br>in temporary accommodation with<br>Food. Toiletries Clothes and<br>household items.<br>•<br>IT Skills training<br>•<br>Mental Health & Emotional Well-<br>being|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|We confirm we have had regard to public<br>benefit guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Not Applicable|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|Not Applicable|
||Para 1.38|Contribution has been made by the<br>Trustees, volunteers and supporters by|





|Contribution made by<br>volunteers||contributing their time and labour without<br>charge.|
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|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Our food bank operates in collaboration<br>with other local food banks, community<br>groups & organisations to provide food<br>parcels to hundreds of vulnerable<br>community members in Wolverhampton.<br>We were able to support beneficiaries of all<br>ages, gender, ability, culture and ethnic<br>backgrounds.<br>Our support also helped beneficiaries<br>manage anxiety, stress and depression<br>that may have been brought on due to<br>worrying about obtaining basic necessities.<br>This also helped us promote community<br>cohesion as our beneficiaries were able to<br>concentrate on other areas of their lives i.e.<br>accessing training and job opportunities.<br>We have been able to offer emotional<br>wellbeing services in multiple languages to<br>support clients from different ethnic<br>backgrounds**.**<br>Nishkam Divine Service have also<br>delivered IT Skills courses funded by the<br>European Social Fund to support those<br>with financial disadvantage, with an aim to<br>improve employability and progression to<br>advanced training opportunities.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
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|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
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|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The organisation falls under the turnover<br>boundary for detailed financial accounting<br>being a requirement.  All funds held at the<br>end of accounting period are restricted to a<br>specific function.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to enable unforeseen<br>payments, cover overheads and to allow<br>periodic investment in equipment, facilities<br>and staff training.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2595|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|Cashflow is adequate at present.|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|None|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Primary funding is sourced from community<br>grants.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|Not Applicable|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Fluctuations in accessibility to public funds<br>and community grants.|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Existing trustees elect volunteers after<br>interview.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Nishkam Divine Service|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1184927|
|Charity’s principal address|Saturn Centre<br>Spring Road<br>Wolverhampton<br>WV4 6JX|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||Manjit Chadha|Chair|||
||Sonia Chadha|Trustee|||
||Surinder Mann|Trustee|||
||Bimla Devi|Trustee|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**adviser**|||



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

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 

There are no serious incidents to be reported. 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|_M. Chadha_||
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||Manjit Chadha||
||<br>Chair||
||23/04/2021||
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**NISHKAM DIVINE SERVICE** 


**No (if any)** 

## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** 

**Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** 1st Aug 2020 31st July 2021 **To from** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**750**<br>**7,364**<br>**1,191**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,305**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,305**<br>**300**<br>**84**<br>**56**<br>**1,458**<br>**-**<br>**1,086**<br>**-**<br>**85**<br>**131**<br>**750**<br>**-**<br>**454**<br>**-**<br>**32**<br>**118**<br>**74**<br>**268**<br>**487**<br>**412**<br>**366**<br>**31**<br>**-**<br>**199**<br> **6,391**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**6,391**<br>**2,914**<br>**-**<br>**-                     319**<br>**2,595**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**29,248**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**29,248**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**29,248**<br>**380**<br>**90**<br>**12**<br>**997**<br>**5,680**<br>**13,169**<br>**1,565**<br>**96**<br>**-**<br>**9,093**<br>**1,229**<br>**-**<br>**558**<br>**-**<br>**166**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,273**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**91**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**35,399**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**35,399**<br>**-                  6,151**<br>**-**<br>**11,528**<br>**5,377**<br>1|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**29,998**<br>**7,364**<br>**1,191**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,553**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,553**<br>**680**<br>**174**<br>**68**<br>**2,455**<br>**5,680**<br>**14,255**<br>**1,565**<br>**181**<br>**131**<br>**9,843**<br>**1,229**<br>**454**<br>**558**<br>**32**<br>**284**<br>**74**<br>**268**<br>**2,760**<br>**412**<br>**366**<br>**122**<br>**-**<br>**199**<br>**41,790**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**41,790**<br>**-                  3,237**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|CommunityGrants|**750**|||||**15,000**|
|Donor Contributions|**7,364**|||||**3,121**|
|Gift Aid Received|**1,191**|||||**-**|
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||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**9,305**|||||**18,121**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**18,121**|
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|Administration Costs|**300**|||||**-**|
|Advertising& Marketing|**84**|||||**-**|
|Computer Consumables|**56**|||||**25**|
|Computer Equipment|**1,458**|||||**699**|
|Education & Training|**-**|||||**-**|
|Food Items & Toiletries-Food Parcels|**1,086**|||||**4,400**|
|Fuel & Oil|**-**|||||**460**|
|General Expenses|**85**|||||**80**|
|Insurance|**131**|||||**53**|
|Management Costs|**750**|||||**-**|
|Motor Vehicle Expenses|**-**|||||**-**|
|Office Equipment|**454**|||||**269**|
|Participant Costs(IT Skills)|**-**|||||**-**|
|Postage,Freight & Courier|**32**|||||**-**|
|Printing& Stationary|**118**|||||**356**|
|PackagingMaterials|**74**|||||**482**|
|Repair & Maintenance|**268**|||||**-**|
|Rent|**487**|||||**-**|
|Software|**412**|||||**88**|
|Telephone & Internet|**366**|||||**-**|
|Toys,Books etc.(Donations)|**31**|||||**-**|
|WellbeingServices|**-**|||||**-**|
|Volunteer Costs|**199**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**6,391**|||||**6,912**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**<br>CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|||||||
|||||||**6,912**|
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|||||**-                  3,237**||**11,209**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Donor Contributions & Gift Aid<br>Grants<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Laptop<br>PC Monitor<br>Desktop PC x 2<br>Printer<br>Air Coolers x 2<br>Office Furniture (Desks, Chairs, Filing<br>Cabinets)<br>All In One PC x 3<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>_M. Chadha_|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**1,996**<br>**-**<br>**599**<br>**5,377**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,595**<br>**5,377**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Restricted<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Manjit Chadha|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||_M. Chadha_|Manjit Chadha|23/04/2022|



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