**Charity Number: 517411**
**Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha, Bradford**
**Report and Financial Statements**
**31 December 2024**
**Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha, Bradford Reports and accounts Contents**
||Page|
|---|---|
|Charity Information|2|
|Trustees Report|3-4|
|Independent Examiners report|5|
|Statement of financial activities|6|
|Statement of financial Position|7|
|Notes to financial statements|8-9|
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## **Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha, Bradford Charity Information**
|**Truestees**|Mr Prem Lal Chohan|
|---|---|
||Mr Rattan Pal|
||Mr Jarnail Ram|
|**Reporting Accountants**|B Ram & Co Accountants Ltd|
||7 Idle Road|
||Bradford|
||BD2 4QA|
|**Bankers**|Barclays Bank Plc.|
||10 Market Street|
||Bradford|
||BD1 1EG|
||Lloyds Bank|
||45 Hustlergate|
||Bradford|
||BD1 1NT|
|**Charity Address**|46-48 Rebecca Street|
||Bradford|
||BD1 2RX|
|**Charity registration number**|517411|
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## **Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha, Bradford Trustees Report**
The trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31 December 2024
## **Purposes and Aims**
Our charity was established in 1986 to advance and spread the Ravidassia teachings. The key purpose can be fulfilled by:
- encouraging the community to follow the teachings and philosophy of Shri Guru Ravidass Ji;
- publishing and circulating literature on his life and teachings;
- holding conferences in which scholars and researchers are involved; and
- Directing the younger generation to understand and follow the customs and traditions of the Ravidassia community.
## **Financial Review**
The financial statements show an income of £52,127 which derives from donations and includes a gift aid reclaim for 2 tax years. During the year the charity spent £7,820 mainly to provide facilities at the temple and for the upkeep of its buildings and service the bank loan facility. The loan from the charity member and the bank loan have been repaid in full during the year.
The surplus of funds totalling £39,052 has been added to the Charities unrestricted funds which at the balance sheet date total £873,737.
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## **Responsibilities of the Trustees**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial period which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the balance sheet date and of its incoming resources and application of resources for the financial period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is not appropriate to assume that the charity will continue on that basis.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with charity law and the provisions of the constitution. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by the Trustees on 28 July 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Jarnail Ram
Rattan Pal
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **SHRI GURU RAVIDASS SABHA, BRADFORD**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the period ended 31 December 2024, which are set out on pages 6 to 9.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this period under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- To follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention other than disclosed below;
1. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- a. To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
- b. To prepare accounts with accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or
2. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mr Bhagat Ram Narr Bsc (Hons) AFA FAIA B Ram & Co Accountants Ltd 7 Idle Road Bradford BD2 4QA
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**Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha, Bradford Statement of Financial Activities For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
|**Incoming Resources**
Donations
HMRC Gift Aid
**Resources Expended**
Langar costs
Light & Heat
Rates and Water
Insurance
Repairs and maintenance
Telephone and broadband
Cleaning and sundries
Other expenses
Travelling costs
Donations
Postage and Stationery
Bank Charges
Other legal and professional fees
Bank Interest
**Depreciation**
Profit and loss on disposals
Depreciation of fixtures and fittings
**Net movements in funds**|2024
£
£
34,135
17,992
52,127
314
2,795
612
1,143
456
499
467
169
-
-
17
22
-
1,326
7,820
44,307
-
5,255
5,255
39,052|2024
£
£
34,135
17,992
52,127
314
2,795
612
1,143
456
499
467
169
-
-
17
22
-
1,326
7,820
44,307
-
5,255
5,255
39,052|2023
£
£
49,924
9,600
59,524
1,093
5,936
1,396
1,042
1,058
444
255
159
850
1,321
41
-
380
4,876
18,851
40,673
-
6,182
6,182
34,491|2023
£
£
49,924
9,600
59,524
1,093
5,936
1,396
1,042
1,058
444
255
159
850
1,321
41
-
380
4,876
18,851
40,673
-
6,182
6,182
34,491|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||52,127
7,820||59,524
18,851|
||-
5,255||-
6,182||
|||44,307
5,255||40,673
6,182|
||||||
|||39,052||34,491|
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**Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha, Bradford Statement of Financial Position For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
|Notes
**Fixed Assets**
Tangible Assets
4
**Current Assets**
Prepayments
Cash at bank and in hand
**Current Liabilities**
Trade creditors
**Net Current Assets**
**Total Assets add net Current**
**assets**
**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**after one year**
5&6
**Net Assets**
**Income Funds**
Funds brought forward
Net Movements in year|2024
£
£
859,283
-
14,454
14,454
-
**14,454**
**873,737**
-
**873,737**
834,685
39,052
**873,737**|2024
£
£
859,283
-
14,454
14,454
-
**14,454**
**873,737**
-
**873,737**
834,685
39,052
**873,737**|2023
£
£
864,538
-
23,612
23,612
-
**23,612**
**888,150**
53,465
**834,685**
800,194
34,491
**834,685**|2023
£
£
864,538
-
23,612
23,612
-
**23,612**
**888,150**
53,465
**834,685**
800,194
34,491
**834,685**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||14,454
-||23,612
-||
||-||53,465||
|||**873,737**||**888,150**|
|||**873,737**||**834,685**|
|||834,685
39,052||800,194
34,491|
|||**873,737**||**834,685**|
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**Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha, Bradford Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
## **1. Accounting Policy**
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention. In preparing the accounts the charity follows best practice as laid down in the Statement of Recommended practice, “Accountings and Reporting by Charities” issued in 2005.
## **Income**
Donations are accounted for when received. Expenses are accounted on accrual basis. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included as Incoming Resources.
## **Depreciation**
Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives
Equipment & Fixtures
15% reducing balance
## **2. Taxation**
The trust is a registered charity and accordingly is exempt from taxation on its income and gains where they are applied for charitable purposes.
## **3. Related party transactions**
None of the trustees were paid remuneration or expenses by the charity during the year.
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## **Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha, Bradford Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued) For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
## **4. Tangible Assets**
|**Cost**
As at 1 January 2024
Disposals
Additions
As at 31 December 2024
**Depreciation**
As at 1 January 2024
Disposals
Provided during the period
As at 31 December 2024
**Net Book Value**
As at 1 January 2024
As at 31 December 2024|**Land &**
**Buildings**
**Fixtures &**
**Fittings**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
829,504
67,520
897,024
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||829,504
67,520
897,024|
||**-**
32,486
32,486
-
-
**-**
5,255
5,255|
||**-**
37,741
37,741|
||829,504
35,034
864,538|
||829,504
29,779
859,283|
## **5. Long Term Loans from charity members**
Interest free loans received, repayable on demand after 5 years.
|**Name**|**2024**
|**2023**|
|---|---|---|
|Gurmail Chand|0.00|11,000|
|**. Long Term Bank Loans**|||
||**2024**
|**2023**|
|Bank Loan|0.00|42,465|
## **6. Long Term Bank Loans**
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