## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 01/01/2023 To: 31/12/2023 Charity name: Dhyan Foundation UK Charity registration number: 1190502** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**_To promote good health for the public benefit_**
**_by teaching the yogic techniques of Sanatan_**
**_Kriya Yoga for physical, mental, and spiritual_**
**_health of the community in UK._**
**_To relieve the suffering of animals in the UK_**
**_and other parts of the world as the Trustees_**
**_decide._**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**_1. The foundation organises weekly_**
**_Sanatan kriya yoga classes to educate_**
**_people across the UK._**
**_2. We also arrange weekly Satsang on_**
**_Sunday afternoons which begins with a_**
**_guided meditation and Q&A_**
**_afterwards._**
**_3. Weekly in person classes at Kings_**
**_College London and at Fitzrovia Centre_**
**_London_**
**_Grants are made to organisations that further_**
**_support the objectives of the foundation. All_**
**_our charitable activities are volunteer based,_**
**_thus ensuring our overheads are minimised._**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**_The trustees confirm they have regard to the_**
**_guidance issued by the charity commissions on_**
**_the public benefit._**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**_We have a draft grant making policy document_**
**_which outlines our approach for risk,_**
**_monitoring and details of our grant decision_**
**_making policy. Periodically we issuegrants._**| |||**_The grant decision making policy is available on_**
**_our website._**| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**_We rely 100% on our well-wishers, volunteers,_**
**_supporters, and donors to achieve our_**
**_charitable objects_. **| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**_We were able to continue running regular_**
**_Online Zoom classes and broaden our reach_**
**_across the whole of the UK._**
**_In addition, we ran in-person classes at Kings_**
**_College London and at the Fitzrovia Community_**
**_Centre._**
**_In the public realm we also had a public stall at_**
**_the Lord mayors Diwali 2023 event in Trafalgar_**
**_Square._**
**_The regular online classes and in-person classes_**
**_have provided great mental and physical_**
**_support to all attendees of our Sanatan Kriya_**
**_classes during an unprecedented time of_**
**_uncertainty._**
**_In addition, we have started supporting the_**
**_feeding and well-being of UK’s only Vedic_**
**_Brahman cows at Yogashram Wales and have_**
**_issued a grant for local charity in Wales who_**
**_are rehabilitate stray dogs._**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41| |---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of theperiod|Para 1.21|**_For the financial period Jan 2023 – December_**
**_2023, our total income was £62617 and total_**
**_expenditure £97683._**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**_xxxxx_**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**_xxxxx_**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**_Donations from volunteers, supporters, and_**
**_donors. We also rely on Gift Aid repayment_**
**_claim_**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**c****_onstitution_**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**_charitable incorporated organisation_**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|**_Dhyan Foundation UK_**| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|| |Registered charitynumber|**_1190502_**| |Charity’s principal address|**_Flat 7, 40 Carlton Drive, Putney, London, SW15 2DG_**| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**--**| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 06/10/2024 3 ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees ||||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| ||||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| ||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**||||**When due**| ||**Details**||**liability relates**||**(optional)**||||**(optional)**| ||||||**-**|**--**|||| ||||||**-**|**--**|||| ||||||**-**|**--**|||| ||||||**-**|**--**|||| ||||||**-**|**--**|||| ||Signature||Print|Name||||Date of approval|| ||||Vaibhav Kalra||||||| ||||||||||6 October 2024| ||||Suresh Kumar||||||6/9/2024| CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 06/10/2024 4 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl m•mbers of On a¢￿Unts for tho year ended Charlty no (If any Set out on pages I repcxt to Tr trustees on my examinatson of Ihe ￿)Unts of the above charity (Ihe Trust-) for the year ended Rèspon8lbllltl88 and basls of report As the chantys truste8s, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in a¢cordartce with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {Ihe Act-l. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounls carried oul un(kr seciion 145 of the 2011 Acl and In caryiiHJ oui my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5Xb) of the Act. Independent trF* charity's gross ir)come exceeded £250,0(MJ and l am qualified to applicable listed bLxJyll. Delete I l rfnot applicable. I have L￿Mpleted my examination. I confimi that no material matters have me lo my attention in connection with the examination (other Ihan that disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in. any matenal tte a¢￿untIng records were not kept in ac￿rdanCe with section 130 of the Charities Act.. or the accounts did not accord ￿llth the accounting records.. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements the fcym C￿lent of acccxyts set oul in the Chanlies (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independenl examination. I have no COn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection with the ey2rninab￿ lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order ￿ enaDie a proper undersianding ol tne accL)unls to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Slgned: Date: Name: Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body IER Oct 2018 (If any): Address: Section B Disclosure Only coinplgie il 'ne exam.ner .ieeds '.0 q:gniighi maler a. Th£]&lers ol concein guidan￿ for examinefs). Glve here brlef detalls of any Items that the examlner wlshes to disclose. IER Oct 2018