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|Charity Information||||
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|Report by the Secretary|on behalf ofthe Management|Committee &Trustees|2to 8|
|Independent
Examiner's|Report|||
|Statement ofFinancial|Activities||10|
|Balance Sheet||||
|Notes to the Accounts|||12& 13|
|||CHARITY INFORMATION|CHARITY INFORMATION|
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|Registered Charity Number||275031||
|Charity Address||Hindu Mandir
/ Community|Centre|
|||Hereford Road||
|||Lewsey Farm||
|||Luton LU4 OPS||
|Management|Committee|Kantilal D.Lad|(President)|
|||Dhansukhbhai
P.Panchal|(Vice President)|
|||Yogeshbhai G.Mistry|(Hon. Secretary)|
|||Hiten R.Shah
(Hon. Treasurer)||
|Committee|Members|Babubhai H. Mistry||
|||Bhupendrabhai
D.Khetia||
|||Mrs Lataben shah||
|||Jiteshbhai K.Pankhania||
|||Maganbhai J.Mistry - (resigned 4th Jan 2023)||
|||Pravinbhai
R.Shah||
|||Shantilal M. Mistry||
|||Mrs. Shobha Singh||
|||Sureshbhai
Talsania||
|||Thakorbhai J.Mistry||
|Trustees||Sumanbhai
F.Kothari||
|||Vinodbhai
H.B.Shah||
|||Jitendrabhai
Bodhani||
|||Ashockbhai P.Mistry||
|||Kamalbhai
Acharya||
|Bankers||Barclays Bank Pic||
|||George Street||
|||Luton||
|Independent|Examiners|Shah dt Co.||
|||Chartered
Certified Accountants||
|||25 Park Street West||
|||Luton||
|||LU1 3BE||
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|Date|Event||Celebratin|||||How|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|02.04.22to|Chaitri Navratri.||9days Durga|||||Ravibhai
did Puja and immaculate|
|10.4.22|||Saptashati|Path, Mataji||||decoration in respect ofGoddess|
||||Puja and Abhishek||||and|Durga, live streamed
on Facebook and|
||||Mataji Shrungar|||daily.||sponsored
by devotees.|
|10.04.22|Ramnavmi||Birthday ofLord|||Rama.||A live service was performed
by our|
|||||||||Pujariji Ravibhai: Ram Bhagwan|
|||||||||Janma, Kesar Snan, Parnu and|
|||||||||hoisting the Dhwaja on Ram Parivar|
|||||||||Bhavan, adoration
with fresh flower|
|||||||||garlands
and Arti.|
|16.04.22|Hanuman|Jayanti|Buthday of Hanumanji|||||A morning
service with 108Hanuman|
||||Maharaj|||||names, Hanuman
Chalisa and Bhajan|
|||||||||Kirtan, hoisting ofthe Dhwaja took|
|||||||||place after Nitya Shrungar Aarti.|
|23.04.22|108Hanuman||14u anniversary||of||the|108Hanuman
Chalisa whole day|
||Chalisa||consecration ofDas|||||program
was held. This was very|
||||Hanumanji.|||||successfully
sponsored
by our|
|||||||||devotees, musicians,
singers and|
|||||||||catering team are thanked. Very|
|||||||||successful with lar e con
ation.|
|03.05.022|Akshay Tritiya||Puja service done|||to||Hindus
and Jains celebrate this|
||||receive blessings.|||||auspicious
day for success in ventures,|
|||||||||marria
es and doin
charitable
deeds.|
|06.06.22—|Bhagwat|Katha|Narration|ofHoly||||A sponsored
event supported
by the|
|12.06.22|||scriptures|by Kathakar||||community
with celebrations ofthe|
||||pujya|||||lives ofLord Krushna.|
||||Bharatrambhakta.||||||
|10.07.22|Patotsav||29"Anniversary|||ofthe||Lord Vishnu Yagna and hoisting of|
||||consecration ofthe|||||Dharma Dhwaja. Whole day program|
||||Deities.|||||took
lace.|
|11.07.22—|Jaya Parvati Vrat||Puja and fasting||event.|||Community
ladies observe this event|
|15.07.22||||||||for the
arlners.|
|16.07.22|Guru Purnima||Devotees revering|||||The Devotees gathering
in large|
||||saints and|their Gurus'.||||numbers
from many locations to do|
|||||||||this popular event with prayers,|
|||||||||singing hymns
and music Guru Pujan|
|||||||||and Yamunajji Loti Ochhav. Generous|
|||||||||donations
received from
large|
|||||||||con
e ation ofdevotees.|
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|E SANATAN S|EVA SAMAJ|EVA SAMAJ|EVA SAMAJ|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|29.07.22—|Shravan month||||Holy month|observed||Daily service, Shiv Abhishek
on||
|27.08.22|||||with special daily|||Mondays
attended by large number|of|
||||||services of|Mantra and||devotees.||
||||||Shiv puja.|||HINDOLA: Reverence to Lord||
||||||HIND OLA|||Krushna performed
for 15days with||
|||||||||10s onsors. Ve
successful.||
|01.08.2022|Samuha||||Services to|Lord Shiva.||Well supported
by sponsored Puja.||
||Rudrabhishek|||Pu'a||||||
|11.08.22|Raksha Bandhan||||Celebration|ofthe love||Brothers and sisters celebrated with||
||||||ofbrothers|and sisters.||tying of bracelets and sweets.||
|||||||||Ravibhai
did the service on the deities.||
|15.08.2022|India||||Respecting|the||Hoisting offlag ceremony took place||
||Inde endence|||Da|motherland.|||in the mornin
.||
|19.08.22|Janmashtami||||Lord Krishna birthday|||Krushna Bhagwan Janma, Kesar Snan,||
|||||||||Parnu Julavu, Arti, hoisting a new||
|||||||||Dhwaja. Good program
well||
|||||||||sponsored.
Fresh flowers were,||
|||||||||decorations
and outfits were donated||
|||||||||by devotees. Large congregation
in||
|||||||||attendance.
Celebrations
attended by||
|||||||||Pu'
a Swami Keshvanand'i.||
|27.08.22|Shiv Maha Yagna||||First dme live Samuha|||Shiv Yagna performed
by Mukhya||
||||||Yagna in person.|||Yajman. Sanjaykumar
and family.||
|||||||||Ravibhai Rajyaguru
performed
the||
|||||||||service and agood number ofdevotees||
|||||||||took
artb
s onsorin
the service.||
|31.08.22|Ganesh Chaturthi||||Lord Ganesh festival.|||Live event ofSatsang and Dhwaja||
|||||||||hoisting. This was done by a small||
|||||||||number ofdevotees at the Mandir.||
|21.08.22|Samuha||||Lord Vishnu prayers.|||Pravinbhai
and Naliniben
Shah were||
||Satyanarayana|||||||main sponsors together with other||
||Katha and||Puja.|||||devotees. Culminating
the holy||
|||||||||Shravan Maas.||
|03.09.22|Pilgrimage||and||A trip to Leicester was|||Temples visited in Leicester were||
||shopping||trip|for|organized|by Ekta||Jalaram Mandir, Krushna
Mandir,||
||devotees.||||Wellbeing|Club and||Ram Mandir and BAPS||
||||||Mandir.|||Swaminarayan
Mandir. Supported|and|
|||||||||en o ed b
the devotees.||
|26.09.22to|Navratri|festival|||Nine nights Festival||of|A live event with Musicians
and||
|04.10.22|||||Goddess Durga for|||singers. Members attended
with||
||||||strength
and victory|||enthusiasm
after the Covid pandemic||
||||||over evil|||break when no live festival was||
|||||||||possible.||
||||||Durga Yagna.|||Whole day live event took place||
||Dashera|||||||culminating
nine nights festival.||
|05.10.22||||||||||
|October 2022|Fund raising||||Food was|collected|for|Food collected during Navratri
festival||
||||||Food Bank to help with|||for Food Bank.||
||||||increasing|demand|in|||
||||||rising cost|ofliving||||
||||||crises.|||61001.00raised for Pakistan flood||
|||Pakistan floods disaster|disaster.|
|---|---|---|---|
|||hei .||
|09.10.22|Sharad Purnima|Full moon festival of|A live and successful event with|
|||Lord Krishna|music. En'o ed b
all the devotees|
|3.10.22—
9.10.22|Uganda
Immigrants|This was aNational
Exhibition
portraying|A popular Exhibition visited by people
in Luton and surrounding
Counties.|
||Exhibition|history, settlements,||
|||achievements
ofthe||
|||immi
ants in UK.||
|13.10.22|Karva Choth|Service oflong life and|A live event with group service|
|||health ofhusbands.|performed
by our priest Prafullbhai|
||||Dave. A good number ofPunjabi|
||||ladies made it asuccessful event.|
|20.10.22|Luton Council of|Lauren Cox|Lots ofquestions,
discussions
and|
||Faiths meeting.|Community|issues were raised by members
from|
|||Development
officer|all diverse faiths in Luton.|
|||from Luton Council||
|||attended this meetin||
||Diwali in Luton|Hindu Diwali|Our business
community
together with|
|21/22.|Town Centre.|Celebrations.|the Luton Borough Council made it|
|October.22||Our young Committee|possible to hold this public event with|
|||Member Hiten Shah|music, dance and food. Lyca Radio|
|||represented
the Mandir|broadcasters
and singers gave it a|
|||very well.|favorable atmosphere.
VIPs attended|
||||this event and all the communities|
||||enjoyed this event. f1001was raised|
||||and presented
for the Pakistan flood|
||||disaster.|
|24.10.22|DIWALI.|Festival oflights
/|Prafullbhai
did goddess ofwealth|
||Wagh Baras,|Goddess ofwealth|service for agood number ofdevotees.|
||Dhanteras,|service (Sharda Pujan),||
||Kali Chaudas,|closing and opening of||
||Diwali.|business accounts.||
|26.10.22|Hindu New|New year celebrations.|This was a live event which brought a|
||Year.Annakut||good number ofdevotees for prayers|
||festival [moon||and blessings. It was generously|
||phase calendar||supported
by devotees. Prashad|
||2079]||distribution
to all devotees was done|
||||in packets (learnt during Covid|
||||andemic.|
|31.10.22|Jalaram Jayanti.|Honoring
Saint Jalaram|A program ofprayers
and Bhajan|
|||on his birthday.|singing followed by sharing ofPrasad.|
||||A small group ofdevotees gathered|
||||and en'o
ed the celebrations.|
|06.11.22|Tulsi Vivah|Wedding
celebrations|A successful event with sponsorship|
|||ofthe Gods.|and attendance ofa good number of|
||||members.
Prafulbhai
performed
a very|
||||ood service.|
|17.11.22|Luton Council of|Special guest Shadow|Members ofall faith groups met and|
||Faiths meeting.|minister offaiths Sarah|raised issues oftheir groups in|
|||Owen.|dlscusslon.|
|24.11.22|Lord Lieutenant of|LLBSusana Lousada|A visit to look at Hindu Mandir and|
||Bedfordshire|and BOBRt. Reverend|the services offered to Luton and|
||(LLB)and Bishop|Richard Atkins|surrounding
Bedfordshire,|
||ofBedfordshire||Hertfordshire
and Buckinghamshire|
||BOB visit.||members.|
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|08.01.2023|Hirji Bapa|and|Revering||and|||An event ofBhajan, Sankirtan
and||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||PragIibhai|Ladva|respecting||holy men|||prayers followed by Prashadam.||
||memorial||and supporters|||ofour||Attanded
by many from outside Luton.||
||||Mandir.|||||||
|18.02.2023|Maha Shivratri||Praising|Lord||Shiva||A large number ofdevotees attend|this|
||||washing|away||all evil.||event for Abhishek
in the morning|and|
|||||||||Samuha Rudrabhishek
Puja in the||
|||||||||evenin
b
Prafullbhai.||
|06.03.23|Holi||An important|||spring||Devotees trom Luton Town and||
||||festivaL|||||surrounding
counties attend this event.||
|||||||||A great meeting ofpeople coming|out|
|||||||||ofhouses after cold winter months.||
|22 —30.03.23|Chaitra Navratri.||9days Durga|||||Prafullbhai
did early morning Puja|and|
||||Saptashati||Path, Mataji|||immaculate
decoration
in respect of||
||||Puja and||Abhishek||and|Goddess Durga with help of||
||||Mataji Shrungar
daily.|||||volunteers.
Event well sponsored
by||
|||||||||devotees.||
|30.03.2023|Ramnavmi||Birthday||celebraflons of|||A live service was performed
by our||
||||Lord Ram.|||||Pujariji Prafullbhai.
Ram Bhagwan||
|||||||||Janma, Kesar Snan, Parnu and||
|||||||||hoisting the Dhwaja on Ram Parivar||
|||||||||Bhavan, adoration with fresh flower||
|||||||||garlands
and Arti.||
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||||||Restricted|Unrestricted||Restricted|Unrestricted||
|||||Notes|Funds|Funds|Total|Funds|Funds|Total|
||||||f.||||||
|INCOMING RESOURCES|||||||||||
|Income from:|||||||||||
|Donations
and le acies|||||||||||
|Nitya Seve|||||1,126||1,126|3,128||3,128|
|New Life Membership|||Fund|||816|816||561|561|
|Donations||||||25,395|25,395||24,812|24,812|
|Festivals and Aarti Collections||||||105,798|105,798||54,610|54,610|
|Investment
Income|||||||||||
|Dividends
Receivable||||||44,722|44,722||35,678|35,678|
|Rental Income|||||||||||
|Hire ofHall and Utensils||||||12,416|12,416||6,101|6,101|
|Other Activities &Grants|||||||||||
|Bank Loyalty Reward||||||262|262||165|165|
|Coach Trips||||||465|465||||
|Education Activities||||||1,920|1,920||1,845|1,845|
|Health Activities||||||26|26||||
|Sundry Income||||||7,475|7,475||8,798|8,798|
|Grant - JRS Furlough||Grant|||||||6,519|6,519|
||||Total||1,126|199,295|200,421|3,128|139,089|142,217|
|RESOURCES EXPENDED|||||||||||
|s~sod
1~|||||||||||
|Direct Tem le runnin
costs:|||||||||||
|Salaries & Employer's||NI||||27,522|27,522||22,031|22,031|
|Insurance||||||4,488|4,488||4,294|4,294|
|Heat, Light &Water||||||16,245|16,245||9,936|9,936|
|Properly Maintenance||&Repairs||||24,209|24,209||5,774|5,774|
|Postage, Printing &|Stationery|||||3,575|3,575||4,372|4,372|
|Telephone||||||1,097|1,097||1,105|1,105|
|Cleaning||||||8,611|8,611||7,007|7,007|
|Provisions &Supplies||||||9,493|9,493||8,312|8,312|
|Navratri
Musicians||||||5,500|5,500||4,500|4,500|
|Bank Charges||||||1,526|1,526||959|959|
|Depreciation||||||2,222|2,222||2,779|2,779|
|Other Activi
E
enditure:|||||||||||
|Coach Trips||||||625|625||||
|Education Activities||||||3,520|3,520||2,216|2,216|
|Health Activities|||||||||||
|Sundry Expenses||||||22,430|22,430||12,337|12,337|
||||Total|||131,063|131,063||85,622|85,622|
|Excess ofIncome Over|Expenditure||||1,126|68,232|69,358|3,128|53,467|56,595|
|Unrealised
(Loss)/Gain|on||Listed Investments|4|(9,506)|(37,273)|(46,779)|10,491|44,690|55,181|
|Net Movement
In Funds|||||(8,380)|30,959|22,579|13,619|98,157|111,776|
|Total Funds Brought Forward|||||157,901|1,811,785|1,969,686|144,282|1,713,628|1,857,910|
|Total Funds Carried Forward|||||149421|1,842,744|1,992465|157,901|1,811,785|1,969,686|
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|FIXEDASSETS - TANGIBLE|FREEHOLD|||||
||LAND ds|MANDIR|BHAVAN|FURNITURE tt||
||G|cc a||R!|TOTAL|
|COST|||||g|
|As at 01-04-2022|1,083,510||3,971|98,604|1,186,085|
|Additions||||||
|As at 31-03-2023|1,083,510||3,971|98,604|1,186,085|
|DEPRECIATION||||||
|As at 01-04-2022||||87,495|87,495|
|Charge for the year||||2,222|2,222|
|As at 31-03-2023||||89,717|89,717|
|NET BOOK VALUES||||||
|As at 31-03-2023|1,083,510||3,971|8,887|1,096,368|
|As at 01-04-2022|1,083,510||3,971|11,109|1,098,590|
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|||||Market|||Unrealised|Market|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Value as at
~lA
22|Additions|Disposal
Proceeds|Gain on
Revaluation|Value as at
31stMar 23|
||MkG The Equities Investment||Charifund|154,773|4,251||(9,506)|149,518|
||Unrestricted||||||||
||M 82G The Equities Investment||Charifund|659,357|55,000||(37,273)|677,084|
||Total|||814,130|59,251||(46,779)|826,602|
|||||||31.03.23||31.03.22|
|5)|DEBTORS||||||||
||Prepayments
Gift Aid tax Recoverable|||||5,469
4,455||5,555
6,477|
|||||||9,924||12,032|
|6)|CREDITORS - Amounts|fallin|due within one
ear||||||
||Other Taxes tk Social Security
Accruals
Hall Hire Deposits|||||870
5,649
250||561
2,459
600|
|||||||6,769||3,620|
|7)|ANALYSIS OF FUND ASSETSAND LIABILITIES||||||||
|||||31.03.2023|||31.03.2022||
|||Restricted||Unrestricted||Restricted|Unrestricted||
|||FundsI||Funds|Total|Funds|Funds|Total|
||Tangible fixed Assets
Fixed Asset Investments
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
Total||149,518
3
149,521|1,096,368
677,084
76,061
(6,769
1,842,744|1,096,368
826,602
76,064
(6,769)
1,992,265|154,773
3,128
157,901|1,098,590
659,357
57,458
(3,620)
1,811,785|1,098,590
814,130
60,586
(3,620)
1,969,686|
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