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2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees' annual report for the period

Period start date Period start date Period end date
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12		 Year
2024

Reference and administration details

Charity name Sanskriti (Reading) Other names charity is known by N/A Registered charity number (if any) 1192984 Charity's principal address 24 Tamarind Way Earley Reading Postcode RG6 5GR

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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17		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee(if any)
Soumitra Roy
Dolan Majumder
Santanu Basu
Dibyendu
Bhattacharya
Somnath Mitra
Sanjoy Sarkar
Sushmita Banerjee
Bedanuj Dasgupta
Jay Sinha

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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

Names and addresses of advisors (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisors (Optional information) advisors (Optional information)
Type of advisor Name
Address
Bank
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Constitution adopted 5[th] January 2021 (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees were appointed at inception and appointed or reappointed annually Trustee selection methods at the Annual General Meeting (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees

The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works

Membership to the organisation is open to any family who are aligned with the work and objectives of the organisation.

The trustees oversee the charity governance matters while the executive committee decides and manages the day to day running of the organisation. There is some overlap between the trustees and executive committee. The executive committee seeks trustee’s views on charity matters. Both trustees and executive committee work together in deciding the events and activities to ensure that they align with the charity objectives. All trustees give their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or other benefits.

Relationship with any related parties

Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them

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Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The advancement of education of the public in the UK in Indian culture through the provision of traditional Indian cultural events. The relief of financial hardship, either generally or individually, of people living in India by making grants of money to charities for providing or paying for items, services or facilities.

In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

The main activities that we undertook in 2024 were as follows:

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects

Saraswati Puja and Kali Puja & Diwali event are festivities that highlight the multi-cultural facet of the Indian community. It engages the community with greater social participation in traditional ceremonies, at the same time spreading the rich cultural heritage of India within the community. These events were open to the general public. For the first time, we organized Durga Puja, which is traditionally a 5 day community festival, however, was done over 3 days by us. It has the same ethos as the other two festivals and engaged great social participation and spread the cultural heritage of India. The event was carried out in a village in Upper Basildon, where, the nearby residents also attended.

Sanskriti, through its donation to an Indian charity Swadhina, fulfilled and continue its long-standing ambition to support girls’ education in rural India and to support the underprivileged through the provision of educational facilities. Swadhina, a registered charity in India, works at the ground level and Sanskriti through its collaboration with Swadhina, launched the opening and running of the educational facility in the Musabani area of Jharkhand, India. The Charity Outdoor Day was organized in July 2024 as a fund raising event to raise fund for this worthy cause.

Kankhal Medical Aid (KMA) helps the Ramakrishna Sevashram Charity Hospital in Hardwar, India in its quest to provide free medical aid to the poor people of the neighbouring villages. Sanskriti has been supporting KMA for many years and that support was continued in 2024.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Policy on grantmaking

Policy programme related investment Contribution made by Volunteers

We are grateful for the many hours our members have put iin - during planning, organizing and executing the events during the year.

This included the AGM held in April 2024 where the trustees presented the charity work that we did in the previous year and our future ambition, while the executive committee members presented the event plans for 2024.

Following the AGM, the minutes of meeting was shared amongst all members.

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Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year.

Organising the Charity Outdoor Day (fund raising event for Swadhina) AGM held in person on 14[th] April 2024 Durga Puja event, hosted in Upper Basildon, over a period of 3 days Kali Pujo & Diwali Event hosted at Sindlesham Court, Wokingham Sanskriti enjoyed great participation from general public and by hosting these events at different places meant that we engaged different parts of the community

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Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves operational unforeseen expenditure that may occur. The fund may be used to host a cultural event in 2025/2026. The fund will also assist in funding for the future years of girl’s education in Musabani. Details of any funds materially in deficit applicable

Further financial review details: (Optional information)

You may choose to include Our main source of funds this year has been membership fees, donations during the Kali Puja & Diwali event, donations from members for Durga Puja event, donation during additional information, where relevant about: Charity Outdoor Day event, sponsorship received for Kali Puja & Diwali event, and donations from non-members for Kali Puja and Durga Puja events. The charity’s principal sources of funds (including The expenditure during 2024 has supported our objective of advancing the any fundraising). cause of spreading Indian culture among the public in the UK through the How expenditure has organisation of Durga Puja event, Kali Puja & Diwali event and Saraswati Puja supported the key objectives event. Expenditure like venue hire costs, food cost during events formed of the charity. majority of the expenses during the year. Investment policy and Donation was made to Swadhina, a charity in India for maintaining girls’ objectives including any ethical investment policy educational facility in Musabani area of Jharkhand, India. Donation was also made to Kankhal Medical Aid – a charity which supports the medical needs of adopted. the underprivileged in Hardwar, India – both supporting our other objective. Expenditure was also incurred to support operational cost e.g. cost of insurance, website development cost and garage hire cost.

Other optional information

Future Plans

The coming year will see a continued emphasis on using the balance funds from 2024 (as noted above) to be used for our charitable causes. And to grow Sanskriti’s membership base with more volunteers contributing to our events and cause.

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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) Somnath Mitra Soumitra Roy Position (eg chair, Trustee Trustee etc) Date 10.10.2025.

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No (if any) SANSKRITI (READING) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01/01/2024 31/12/2024 To from

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
1,800
7,524
530
773
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430
202
72
565
800
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5,481
550
1,967
5,745
1,201
5,676
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4,567
1,430
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41,336
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41,336
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893
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714
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funds
to the nearest £
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1,800
7,524
530
773
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430
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5,481
550
1,967
5,745
1,201
5,676
1,500
358
4,567
1,430
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41,336
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£41,336.47
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714
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to the nearest £
MembershipFees 1,800 1,550
HMRC Gift Aid 7,524 2,482
Donation from Members for Saraswati Puja 530 50
Donation from Non-members for Saraswati
Puja		 773 669
Donation from Members for Holi - 318
Donation from Members for Bengali New
Year Daycelebration		 430 662
Donation from Members for Sanskriti Club
Cultural Programme		 202 -
Donation from Non-Members for Sanskriti
Club Cultural Programme		 72 -
Donation from Members for CharityWalk 565 1,073
Donation from Non-Members for Charity
Walk		 800 1,534
Sponsorshipfor CharityWalk - 270
Donation from Members for Sycamore Fest &
Cultural Programme
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Donation from Non-members for Cultural
Programme		 - 2,525
Sponsorshipfor Cultural Programme - 995
Donation from Members for Durga Puja 5,481 -
Patron contribution for Durga Puja 550 -
Individual Sponsorshipfor Durga Puja 1,967 -
Donation from Non-members for Durga Puja 5,745 -
Sponsorshipfor Durga Puja 1,201 -
Donation from Members for Kali Puja 5,676 7,743
Patron contribution for Kali Puja 1,500 -
Individual Sponsorshipfor Durga Puja 358 -
Donation from Non-members for Kali Puja 4,567 7,335
Sponsorshipfor Kali Puja 1,430 750
Collection from CharityStall - -
Sponsorshipfrom Amazon Europe - 19
Donation from Members for Bijoya Sammiloni 165 -
UKBC - Cultural Programme Dues - 150
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Sub total(Gross income for AR) 41,336 29,604
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
29,604
Donation to UK based Charity KANKHAL
MEDICAL AID		 401 - - 401 400
Donation to India based Charity SWADHINA 893 - - 893 934
Donation to India based Charity MANIKPUR
INTBHATA		 95 - - 95 -
Bank Charges for Donation 17 - - 17 17
Hall Hire for Saraswati Puja 714 - - 714 555
Saraswati Puja Expenses
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)		 300 -
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13/10/2025
Saraswati Puja food materialpurchase 196 - - 196 337
Saraswati Puja sound system hire 390 - - 390 -
Saraswati Puja miscellaneous expenses 85 - - 85 10
Hall Hire for Holi celebration - - - - 63
Holi celebration - Food - - - - 216
Hall Hire for Annual General Meeting 100 - - 100 100
Annual General Meetingfood expenses 668 - - 668 129
Sanskriti Badges for members 97 - - 97 -
Web Page Maintenance cost 173 - - 173 158
Bank charges 79 - - 79 89
Google PayCharges 30 - - 30 -
External Auditorpayment 250 - - 250 250
Public LiabilityInsurance 331 - - 331 60
Website development 187 - - 187 37
LaptopCare / Maintenance 90 - - 90 407
Marquee Purchase 607 - - 607 -
Garage Door Repair 44 - - 44 -
Garage Hire 1,560 - - 1,560 600
Old Debtors 15 - - 15 -
Hall Hire for Bengali New Year Day
Celebration		 63 - - 63 88
Bengali New Year Day Celebration - Food
Expenses		 77 - - 77 629
Sanskriti Club Cultural Programme - Food
Expenses		 391 - - 391 -
Food Expenses for CharityWalk 351 - - 351 717
Marquee Hire Expenses for Charity Walk - - - - 189
Culturalprogramme Artist Expenses - - - - 1,700
Hall Hire Expenses for Cultural Programme - - - - 1,175
Air ticket, Visa & Food Expenses for Cultural
programme		 - - - - 1,496
Culturalprogramme other Expenses - - - - 635
Durga Puja Expenses 928 - - 928 -
Hall Hire for Durga Puja 1,589 - - 1,589 -
Durga Puja Food Expenses 2,636 - - 2,636 -
Durga Puja Utensils Hire Expenses 349 - - 349 -
Durga Puja Decoration Expenses 1,005 - - 1,005 -
Durga Puja Van Hire Expenses 620 - - 620 -
Durga Puja Sound System Expenses 250 - - 250 -
Durga Puja Miscellaneous Expenses 678 - - 678 -
Hall Hire for Kali Puja 3,114 - - 3,114 5,035
Kali Puja Expenses 237 - - 237 215
Kali Puja food materialpurchase 1,276 - - 1,276 5,856
Kali Puja utensils hire 920 - - 920 997
Culturalprogramme - Kali Puja 100 - - 100 1,200
Kali Puja Sound System Hire - - - - 310
Kali Puja Gazebo Hire - - - - 225
Decoration expenses 80 - - 80 597
Van hire cost 440 - - 440 550
Helper expenses 600 - - 600 1,200
Securityexpenses - - - 300
Miscellaneous expenses - Kali Puja 175 - - 175 62
Ma Kali Idol Freight Charges - - - - 715
Food Expenses for Bijoya Sammiloni 695 - - 695 -
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**Sub total ** 23,895 - - £23,895 28,498
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
28,498
17,441 17,441 1,106.07
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34,408 34,408 33,302
51,850 51,850 34,408

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

13/10/2025

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B1 Cash funds		 Details
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Deposited in Bank
Cash in hand
Details
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Signature		 Unrestricted
funds
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to nearest £
to nearest £
51,209
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641
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51,850
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funds
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to nearest £
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Soumitra Roy		 Endowment
funds
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Date of
approval
Soumitra Roy 07/09/2025

CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

13/10/2025

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Sanskriti (Reading)

31 December 2024

Charity no.: 1192984 Company no.:

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31 December 2024

As the charity’s trustees of the Charity, you are responsible for the preparation of

the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charity Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”). In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

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