Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 6[th] April 2020 To 5[th] April 2021
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name The Ramgarhia Board (Northamptonshire) Northampton
Other names charity is known by
Ramgarhia Board Northampton (“RBN”)
Registered charity number (if any) 276463
Charity's principal address
2 Cromwell Street
Northampton Postcode NN1 2TE
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Mr Surinder Singh Matharu |
Chairman | |||
| Mr Amrik Singh Bhooi |
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| Mr Jatinder Singh Sehmi |
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| Mrs Ranjeet Kaur Phull |
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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 |
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| Mr Dial Singh Bassan | 1stApril 2020 to 28thAugust 2020 (Deceased 28thAugust 2020) |
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Association How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Election by members of the charity Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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Section C Objectives and activities
To promote and advance Sikhism in accordance with the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (the Sikh Scriptures);
To promote and organise functions of the Sikhism faith; To encourage, promote and educate the wider community of Northamptonshire in the teachings of the Ten Guru’s and Gurmukhi in both Punjabi and/or English and always in accordance with the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji; Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its To promote harmony and better co-operation within the wider community governing document of Northamptonshire, including but not limited to charities, government, the services in general and other religious communities; To achieve higher standards in social, cultural, educational and most fundamentally religious field with the objective of becoming good citizens;
Providing free food kitchen for the homeless (Tuesdays and Fridays weekly) Providing free foodbank services on a monthly basis for those in need Online weekly religious programmes during Covid-19 lockdowns Introduced online Punjabi classes for children during Covid-19 lockdowns School Visits to the Gurdwara as part of UK Religious Education Summary of the main curriculum. activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to Supporting the UK roll out of Covid-19 Vaccinations by providing our these objects (include within premises as a vaccine centre. this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and erformance p
Following the acquisition of the Charity's new premises in 2010, the Summary of the main process of refurbishment continued with various small refurb projects. achievements of the charity during the year This is the ninth year of the occupation of the new premises once again despite the Covid pandemic we have seen a strong performance in the membership and finances of the Charity. The continued support of the community, members and other donators was paramount to the success and aims of the Charity. Various fund-raising events were also carried out raising much needed funds for the charity with the help of our members. We successfully applied for and received two major grant awards; from the Martin Lewis foundation for £10K and £7.5K from Lottery funding – this money was used to fund multiple food banks during the pandemic and also homeless kitchen. We supported over 100 families with free meals during a flooding natural disaster at Billing Aquadrome, where we served over 500 meals We continued to host Schools visits (during non-lock down periods) to support local religious education curriculum for school children and teachers We received an Eco Grant – from Veola to plant our own vegetables which were then also used in the free kitchen We successfully joined a local park initiative to promote World Environment Day and to celebrate the 550[th] Anniversary of our founding Guru by planting a wild flower bed. Awarded the Rose of Northamptonshire award for our going food contributions to those in need. Awarded Northamptonshire ACRE’s COVID-19 Community Champions award for our on-going food contribution during the pandemic. In summary despite the Pandemic we continued to provide services where we safely could to the local community. Sadly in this reporting year we lost one of our esteemed trustees Mr Dial Singh Bassan. Constitutionally we can operate with 4 trustees which we will until the next trustee election cycle.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Any income over expenditure is retained in reserves to assist with the ongoing maintenance of the new premises.
Details of any funds materially There is no deficit in funds. in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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RBN principal source of funding is through 1. Donations from its members, and 2. Grants
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Surinder Matharu Full name(s) Mr S S Matharu Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairman etc) Date 31 January 2022
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Ramgarhia Board Northampton Accounts April 2020 - March 2021 Charity Number 276463
| To the Nearest £ | To the Nearest £ | To the Nearest £ | To the Nearest £ | |||
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| Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Funds |
Endowment Funds |
Total Funds |
Last Year |
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| A1 Receipts | ||||||
| Donations & Other Charitable Income | £25,986 | £37,815 | ||||
| Grants | £19,300 | |||||
| Insurance (Wall) | £9,089 | |||||
| Interest Income | £5 | £13 | ||||
| Sub Toatal (Gross Income From AR) | £45,291 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £46,917 |
| A2: Assets and Investments | ||||
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| Loans Received | ||||
| Sub Toatal (Gross Income From AR) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total Receipts | £45,291 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| A3 Payments | ||||
| Utilities | £5,329 | |||
| Salaries | £6,038 | |||
| Insurances | £783 | |||
| Property Maintenance costs | £1,467 | |||
| Miscellaneous | £4,956 | |||
| Charitable costs (inc Food Bank) | £6,395 | |||
| Refurbishment costs | £5,390 | |||
| Loan Interest | £380 | |||
| Loan Capital repayments | £4,751 | |||
| Sub Toatal (Gross Income From AR) | £35,489 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| A4 Assets and Investment Purchases | ||||
| Bank Loan Repayment | ||||
| Loans RePaid | ||||
| Sub Toatal (Gross Income From AR) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total Payments | £35,489 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Net of Receipts and Payments | £9,802 | |||
| A5 Transfer Between Funds | ||||
| A6 Cash Funds Last Year End | £14,382 | |||
| Cash Funds This Year End | £24,184 | |||
| B1 Cash Funds | ||||
| Deposit and Current Accounr | £14,382 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Sub Toatal (Gross Income From AR) | £14,382 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
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