# THE SARASWATI SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 287645
- **Other names:** THE TRADITIONAL TURKISH ART MUSIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Aug. 16, 1983
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=287645


## Contact

- **Address:** 43 COLLINGWOOD ROAD, SUTTON
- **Postcode:** SM1 2RT
- **Phone:** 02086423961
- **Email:** saraswati.soc@btinternet.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSICAL EDUCATION WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON A SYSTEM KNOWN AS TRADITIONAL TURKISH ART MUSIC. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 4 OF THE TRUST DEED.)

**Activities:** Various weekly meetings for (a) discussion of Vedanta philosophy and meditation. (b)taking part in the Mevlevi whirling ceremony and performance of the Mevlevi Ayin, and (c) practice of the music and learning new Ayins for the ceremony.  Receiving e-mail contact globally from the Saraswati website, and conducting dialogue on-line to provide information to contacts about Vedanta and Sufism.

**Area of benefit:** LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Milton Keynes
- Sutton



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £0 | £380 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £193 | £381 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £224 | £136 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £407 | £279 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £256 | £124 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr Alan Wenham-Prosser DPROF, MA** (Chair)
- JUDITH ANNE WENHAM-PROSSER
- Sinan Tuzun — appointed July 3, 2024
- TANSY HONEY