## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01.04.2023 To 31.03.2024** **Charity name: National Sikh Police Association UK Charity registration number: 1188264** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the
purposes of the charity
as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**1)**
**To advance the Sikh religion**
**particularly (but not exclusively)**
**among members of the Police.**
**2)**
**To promote the efciency of**
**the police by:**
**A - Supporting the recruitment,**
**retention and progression of Sikh**
**Ofcers and Staf to support**
**wider representation of Ethnic**
**Minority ofcers and Staf within**
**the Police Service. B - Providing**
**associations which support the**
**Police and Enable serving and**
**former members to mix together.**
**C - Facilitating partnership**
**working between the Police**
**service and local communities to**
**promote Crime Prevention.**
**3) The promotion of equality and**
**diversity for the public beneft by**
**promoting activities to foster**
**understanding between people**
**from diverse backgrounds.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public beneft, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services
identifed in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Advice on issues causing tension**
**in the Sikh community with the**
**view to promoting engagement**
**between the Police and**
**Community.**| |Statement confrming
whether the trustees
have had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public beneft|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to**
**the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public**
**beneft.**| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
diference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
benefciaries and any
wider benefts to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|**Advice on issues causing tension**
**in the Sikh community with the**
**view to promoting engagement**
**between the Police and**
**Community.**
**Provided support and advice to**
**Forces, linking in with the Sikh**
**Community, on the Farmer’s**
**Protests held in India. Liaised**
**with, and infuenced Govt to**
**clarify the status of the Kataar.**
**Articles of faith guidance updates**
**with the College of Policing and**
**distributed to all Forces.**
**Support of Home Ofce uplift**
**recruitment drive as part of the**
**National Police Uplift Programme.**
**Ongoing Support of Sikh ofcers**
**and staf with welfare related**
**issues. Continued support with**
**members in assisting setting up**
**of local Sikh associations within**
**Forces.**| |---|---|---| |**Financial Review**||| |Review of the charity’s
fnancial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity was able to make**
**payments as required in the year,**
**as well as receiving donations for**
**future projects and support. The**
**following fnancial year will see**
**the continued development of the**
**website and support, as well as**
**further donations that will**
**support the charity in achieving**
**its objectives.**| |Statement explaining
the policy for holding
reserves stating why
theyare held|Para 1.22|**Cash at bank at 31.03.2024 was**
**£7442.57 in unrestricted funds.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Cash at bank at 31.03.2024 was**
**£7442.57**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund
materiallyin defcit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|**The biggest risk would be loss of**
**funding from PCCs, Forces, and**
**reduced donations. However the**
**lack of continuous running costs**
**helps mitigate this risk.**| |**Structure, Governance and Management**||| |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |Type of governing
document(trust deed,
royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |**helps mitigate this risk.**|**helps mitigate this risk.**|**helps mitigate this risk.**|**helps mitigate this risk.**| |---|---|---|---| |**Structure, Governance and Management**|||| ||Description of charity’s||| ||trusts:||| ||Type of governing|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| ||document(trust deed,||| ||royal charter)||| ||How is the||Para 1.25|**CIO – Foundation**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||charity||||| ||constituted?(e.g||||| ||unincorporated||||| ||association,CIO)||||| ||Trustee selection||Para 1.25|**Trustees are appointed or**|| ||methods including|||**reappointed at Senior Executive**|| ||details of any|||**meeting periodically**|| ||constitutional provisions||||| ||e.g.||||| ||election to post or name||||| ||of any person or body||||| ||entitled to appoint one||||| ||or more trustees||||| |**Reference and Administrative details**|||||| ||Charityname||**NATIONAL SIKH POLICE ASSOCIATION UK**||| ||Other name the charity||||| ||uses||||| ||Registered charity||**1188264**||| ||number||||| ||Charity’s principal||**West Midlands Police**||| ||address||**Lloyd House**||| ||||**2 Colmore Circus Queensway**||| ||||**BIRMINGHAM**||| ||||**B4 6AT**||| ||||||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Ofce (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**| |---|---|---|---| |**Harvinder**
**Singh Rai**|**Chair**||| |**Kameldeep**
**Singh Samra**|**Director of**
**Operations**||| |**Jagwant Singh**
**Badesha**|**Vice President**||| |**Jagvinderjit**
**Singh Sohal**|**Treasurer**||| |**Ravjeet Singh**|**General**
**Secretary**||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| 1 2 3 - 4 - 5 6 7 - 8 - 9 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** |Name of trustees holdingtitle topropertybelongingto the charity|Name of trustees holdingtitle topropertybelongingto the charity|Name of trustees holdingtitle topropertybelongingto the charity| |---|---|---| |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for**
**wholeyear**|| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements N/A for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **N/A** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** J.S.Badesha **Signature(s) Jagwant Singh Badesha Full name(s) Jagvinderjit Singh Sohal** **Treasurer Vice President** **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** ## **Date** **01.02.2025**