2025-03-31-accounts - Gujarat Samaj Nottingham

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Gujarat Samaj Nottingham (Registered charity, number 513936) Financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025

Page	Contents
2 - 3	Trustees’ annual report
4	Independent examiner’s report
5	Receipts & payments account
6	Statement of assets & liabilities
7	Notes to the accounts

Gujarat Samaj Nottingham Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 March 2025

Full name Gujarat Samaj Nottingham

Registered charity number 513936

Principal address 28 Handel Street, Nottingham, NG3 1JE

Trustees

Kumar Seth Dilip Desai Kirit Dabhi

Independent examiner

Eva Stevens, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL

Governance and management

The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted 20 February 1983.

New trustees are appointed by being voted in by current trustees.

Objectives and activities

To advance Hinduism particularly but not exclusively for the provision of:

a) a place of Worship;
b) a cultural advice and education centre;
c) a youth sports and social club.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit

We provide services which otherwise are not provided by other organisations/ agencies in the form of cultural and social activities. We promote cultural activities, sports, education, and other recreational activities associated especially with kids and elderly Samaj members. We work with people who are under-represented within the mainstream to bring awareness and confidence by providing and promoting different events.

Public benefit statement

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.

Summary of the main achievements during the period

Organise and promote cultural and social activities throughout the year like Holi, Navratri, Diwali events.
Promote and provide education classes of regional languages to young kids.
Organise elderly lunch club and other recreational activities throughout the year.

Gujarat Samaj Nottingham

Financial review

We are ok with our current financial position. This year we have managed to meet our breakeven targets.

The charity’s policy on reserves

The charity has no specific policy with regard to the level of reserves.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: Signed ______ Date _ Mt. 11/01/2026 Kumar Seth, Trustee

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Gujarat Samaj Nottingham for the year ended 31 March 2025

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Gujarat Samaj Nottingham (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’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 statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records.

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.

Signed ____ Date _______ 13/01/2026 Eva Stevens BSc, CPFA Employee of Community Accounting Plus

Gujarat Samaj Nottingham Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 March 2025

2024 Total Unrestricted funds Funds General Fund Education £ Note £ £ Receipts 2670 Donations & collections 3 4 5 3751 Spnsorship/Advertising 4077 - 10077 Events 11210 - - Rent receivable 16331 - 3226 Interest 7511 - 915 Enrolment fees - 1695 20639 Total receipts 39133 1700 Payments 10388 Events 8239 - 273 Postage printing & stationery 597 - 259 Building maintenance 2418 - 300 Legal & profesisonal fees 858 - 2643 Rent & services - 2110 - Sundry expenses - 220 13863 Total payments 12112 2330 6776 Net receipts/(payments) 27021 (630) 182177 Cash funds at start of this period 187572 1381 188953 Cash funds at end of this period 214593 751	*2025* Total Funds £ 9 4077 11210 16331 7511 1695
	40833
	8239 597 2418 858 2110 220
	14442
	26391 188953
	215344

Gujarat Samaj Nottingham Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 March 2025

		at 31 March 20252025
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	a BOPA4	Cashassets Rank accounts	Note	£ 79129
128722		Savingsaccounts		136215
188953				215344
		Sesets retainedforthecharity’sown use
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175000		Building (estimatedvalue)	2	175000
		Liabilities
sonimebet	tO}	Creditors	4	_(6034)

These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by:

Signed | Pin. Desai, Trustee

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Gujarat Samaj Nottingham Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

1. Receipts & payments accounts

Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.

2. Premises

The premises at 28 Handel Street, Nottingham, NG3 1JE are held on trust for the charity by Dilip Desai, Chunilal Kurjibhai Nandha, Ratilal Ghelani and Bipinbhai Bhailalbhai Patel. The new Trustees are in the process of updating this with HM Land Registry.

3. Grants & donations

General Donations	Unrestricted £ 9 9	Total £ 9
		9

4. Creditors

Independent examination fee Building rent deposit	£ 534 5500
	6034

5. Trustees’ remuneration

Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period.

6. Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions in this period.

7. Glossary of terms

Creditors: These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.