Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 6[th] April 2021 To 5[th] April 2022
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
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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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| Ranjit Kaur Phull | ||||
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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| Jatinder Singh Sehmi | 01 Jan 2021 to 11 September 2022 |
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 (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted
Constitution
Association
- (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 (Sundays and other adhoc days) Providing free foodbank services for those in need Weekly religious programmes Continued Punjabi classes for children Wellbeing events such as Yoga classes Summary of the main School Visits to the Gurdwara as part of UK Religious Education activities undertaken for the curriculum. public benefit in relation to these objects (include within Participating in community events to raise awareness of the Sikh faith this section the statutory and continue the strong charitable traditions of the faith 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 tenth 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 various grants to support our Food bank initiative. We continued to host Schools visits to support local religious education curriculum for school children and teachers We continue with Eco initiatives by growing some of our own produce, switching to energy efficient lighting and also initiating a project for Solar Panels Hosting educational films Setting children’s educational workshop on the birth celebration of Guru Nanak Dec Ji Face to face Punjabi Classes in new Classroom We commissioned a new Finance application which was created by volunteers and has digitised and transformed the charities financial administration
We have carried out maintenance on the building We continued to host, in the Facility, a Covid Vaccination centre during the Covid pandemic
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Section E Financial review
Any income over expenditure is retained in reserves to assist with the Brief statement of the ongoing maintenance of the new premises. charity’s policy on reserves 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 20 February 2023
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Ramgarhia Board Northampton Accounts April 2021 - March 2022 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 | £77,641 | £25,986 | ||||
| Grants | £19,300 | |||||
| Insurance (Wall) | ||||||
| Interest Income | £1,194 | £5 | ||||
| Sub Toatal (Gross Income From AR) | £78,835 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £45,291 |
| A2: Assets and Investments | ||||
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| Loans Received | ||||
| Sub Toatal (Gross Income From AR) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total Receipts | £78,835 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| A3 Payments | ||||
| Utilities | £6,857 | |||
| Salaries | £9,657 | |||
| Insurances | £792 | |||
| Property Maintenance costs | £1,869 | |||
| Miscellaneous | £5,418 | |||
| Charitable costs (inc Food Bank) | £5,756 | |||
| Refurbishment costs | ||||
| Loan Interest | ||||
| Loan Capital repayments | £1,710 | |||
| Sub Toatal (Gross Income From AR) | £32,060 | £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 | £32,060 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Net of Receipts and Payments | £46,775 | |||
| A5 Transfer Between Funds | ||||
| A6 Cash Funds Last Year End | £14,382 | |||
| Cash Funds This Year End | £61,157 | |||
| B1 Cash Funds | ||||
| Deposit and Current Accounr | £61,157 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Sub Toatal (Gross Income From AR) | £61,157 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
| Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages |
Charity Name Ramgarhia Board Northampton (Northamptonshire) |
Charity Name Ramgarhia Board Northampton (Northamptonshire) |
Charity Name Ramgarhia Board Northampton (Northamptonshire) |
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| 5thApril 2022 | Charity no (if any) |
276463 | |
| (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) |
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 05/04/ 2022. Responsibilities and basis As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in of report accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's [The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the statement examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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• the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or • the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (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 independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
| Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: |
20 February 2023 | |
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| Mrs Sundip Sahota | ||
| Finance Director at Igloo Books Limited BA Hons Accounting & Finance |
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| 19 Wrekin Close, Northampton, NN4 8JL |
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