உ Sivamayam
Registered Charity 1187503
Financial statements for the year ended 5th April 2023
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U.K. NAGARA SHIVA TEMPLE Trustees Annual Report for the year ended 5th April 2023
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2023 and confirm they comply with the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Foundation Model) Charities Act 2011.
Full Name: U.K. Nagara Shiva Temple Other Names: Nagarathar Temple and Community Centre U.K.
Registered Charity Number: 1187503
Registered Address: Treetops, Aldenham Grove, Radlett, WD7 7BN
Board of Trustees:
Mr. Vairavan Sockalingam Mrs. Alamelu Meyyappan Mr. Kumar Muthalagappan
Treasurers:
Mrs. Valliammai Alagappan Arunachalam Mr. Raju Meyyappan
Bankers:
Lloyds Bank Plc Blackheath London Branch PO Box 1000 BX1 1LT
Structure, governance and management
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Governing document
U.K. Nagara Shiva Temple was constituted as a CIO Foundation Model with the Charity Commission in January 2020 under charity number 1187503. It is governed by the CIO Foundation Constitution.
Organisational structure
The trustees are the members of the organisation and they are responsible for the general control and management of the charity. The trustees give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits.
The trustees meet together as a body every quarter and are responsible for all decisions taken in relation to running the temple prayer activities by the charity. To assist in the smooth running of the charity the trustees have seeked help from interested volunteers and appointed two of them permanently to help with finance/accounting and also around thirty volunteers for managing monthly prayer meetings. The volunteers give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits.
Appointment of trustees and Management
The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted on 22 January 2020.
Core objectives and activities
Our objectives are set to reflect our faith and community aims. Each year our trustees review our objectives and activities to ensure they continue to reflect our aims.
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To advance the faith of Saivism for the benefit of the Hindu seekers in the U.K.
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To establish a place of worship by building an iconic Shiva temple in the U.K. as laid out in the Hindu Agama Scriptures.
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Conduct frequent prayer meetings mostly as per the Hindu calendar festival days and serve free food to the visitors/devotees.
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Teaching the young generation about Hindu culture and Tamil language.
Our strategy is to make our prayer meetings accessible and welcoming to all Hindus and those who wish to know more about our faith. They can learn about our religion and mode of worship.
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An important part of our strategy is community welfare and education. Our immediate goal is to find and build a place of worship in order to achieve all our goals and objectives.
Use of Volunteers
The trustees are grateful to the volunteers who helped during the year. Volunteers are an important resource in both our temple and community work. They are involved in most of our prayer meeting activities, land search, building and maintaining our web pages and social media platforms. We encourage all trustees and volunteers to be involved in all the activities and share their skills with others.
Worship and Prayer:
Our organisation provides a centre for the worship of Lord Shiva and other associated deities of Saivism. During the year under review, we offered a range of religious services: regular prayer meetings and education to adults and children.
● Prayer Meetings:
We have conducted 8 important festivals during this period. Monthly prayers to the Saiva deities Lord Nataraja, Goddess Sivagami, Ganesha and Murgan in a rented hall (same location) on festival days and offered the best service to the community with free food to all throughout the year. The prayer meeting invite is widely published on social media platforms, our temple website and public groups. We have people from various sects and beliefs joining the prayers and the community finds both physical and spiritual fulfillment.
● Religious Education:
- During the prayer meetings, we educate the devotees by teaching them the importance of prayers and Hindu scriptures. We encourage both adults and children to learn and sing classical and devotional hymns. We also share documented materials containing stories of spiritual leaders during each session. We also helped people understand the importance of deeksha and provided deeksha through our priest.
● BBC Radio:
Our organisation had the opportunity to participate and share the purpose of our charity and achievements so far in the BBC Three Counties Radio faith programme. Kids also participated in the faith programme and sang Thevaram.
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● Organisation Website:
Our volunteers spent a significant amount of time developing a brand new website for our organisation. This website provides regular updates on the prayer meetings, charity mission and articles/learning materials about Hinduism and Saivism.
Financial Review
Principal funding sources
The charity’s main source of income is through donations: at monthly prayer meetings, one-off donations and monthly contributors. Our organisation has received several donations during this
financial year which has accumulated to £38790 and this represents a significant increase from the earlier year ( £29909 ) despite rising cost of living in the U.K.
The total expenditure during this period was £3636 . The charity has no investments/properties/deposits during this period.
Approved by the trustees and Signed on its behalf by:
Vairavan Sockalingam (Chair)
14th October 2023
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U.K. NAGARA SHIVA TEMPLE Receipts & Payments account for the year ended 5th April 2023
| Unrestricted Funds | Total Funds | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations | 10265 | 13239 |
| HMRC Gift Aid | 2186 | 3393 |
| Amazon Smile Charity Support | 66 | 49 |
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| Total Incoming Resources | 12517 | 16681 |
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| Resources expended | ||
| IT Expenses | - | 86 |
| Pooja Expenses | 3636 | 2266 |
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| Total Resources Expended | 3636 | 2352 |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) | 8881 | 14329 |
| Cash funds last year end | 29909 | 15580 |
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| Cash funds this year end | 38790 | 29909 |
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities at the end of the period
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ASSETS
| Unrestricted Funds | Unrestricted Funds |
|---|---|
| 2023 | |
| £ | |
| Cash funds (Bank Accounts) | 38790 |
| Assets retained for charity own use | |
| (Gifted Equipment/Materials) | 3000 |
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| Total Assets | 41790 |
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| Signed by on behalf of all the trustees: | |
| Vairavan Sockalingam | 14/10/2023 |
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