## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period** **From: 10[th] October 2024 Period start date 31[st] May 2025 To: Period end date** **Charity name: Shruti Arts** ## **Charity registration number: 1210411** ## **Company number: N/A** ## **Objectives and activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote, increase knowledge and understanding
of South Asian Arts and culture for the public benefit
by the establishment of a South Asian Arts Charity, in
particular, but not exclusively by providing public
performances, workshops and educational activities
in Leicester and Leicestershire.| |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|Activities focused on voluntarily testing and
developing processes to support delivery of South
Asian arts performances, workshops, and educational
initiatives for public benefit in Leicester and
Leicestershire.| |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 had due regard to
Charity Commission guidance on public benefit when
planning and carrying out the charity’s activities.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and performance** |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|During the reporting period, all activities were
undertaken on a wholly voluntary basis in pursuit of
the charity’s stated objectives. This approach enabled
the trustees to test and refine key working processes
while ensuring that operational practices were
practical and effective. It also allowed sufficient time
for these processes to become properly embedded,
supporting a stable foundation for future
development and the more efficient delivery of the
charity’s aims in subsequent periods.| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other ## **Financial review** |**Financial review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|See financial accounts and annual returns.
We’ve filed a NIL return and are submitting NIL
accounts, as though the charity was registered on
10/10/2024, the activities did not commence till July
2025. All activities conducted between Oct 2024 to
31stMay 2025 were embedding processes and on a
voluntarybasis.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|N/A| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Para 1.47 The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.46 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, governance and management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||Charitable Objects| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc|Para 1.25|Charitable Objects| |How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO|Para 1.25|CIO Foundation| |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: Para 1.51 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 Other ## **Reference and administrative details** |Charity name|Shruti Arts| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1210411| |Charity’s principal address|33 Station Road, Birstall, Leicester, LE4 3BB| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Yogesh Joshi|Chair|10/10/2024-31/05/2025|| ||Rajen Ved|Trustee|10/10/2024-31/05/2025|| ||Priti Mattani|Trustee|10/10/2024-31/05/2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)** |**Type of**
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