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PAPPAJI FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1135935 · organisation 5007686

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Trust
Registered
13 May 2010
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income
£36,210
Latest expenditure
£7,755
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: A J SHAH & CO, 8 PINNER VIEW, HARROW, HA1 4QA

02 Activities

What the charity does

Receive endowments and donations for making grants to advance the education of religious students and novitiates in the swaminarayan religion particularly in Vallabh Vidyanagar in India. The grants made were to establish centre and living accommodation for the novitiates.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference
AR26
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received
19 September 2026
Date Accounts Received
19 September 2026
Total Gross Income
£36,210
Total Gross Expenditure
£7,755
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received
25 October 2025
Date Accounts Received
25 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£38,899
Total Gross Expenditure
£110,947
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received
26 September 2024
Total Gross Income
£2,943
Total Gross Expenditure
£13,811
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received
2 December 2023
Total Gross Income
£2,953
Total Gross Expenditure
£13,811
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received
1 August 2022
Date Accounts Received
1 August 2022
Total Gross Income
£26,617
Total Gross Expenditure
£22,968

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR26
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2026
Ar Due Date
31 January 2027
Ar Received Date
19 September 2026
Total Gross Income
£36,210
Total Gross Expenditure
£7,755
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Count Volunteers
2
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Due Date
31 January 2026
Ar Received Date
25 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£38,899
Total Gross Expenditure
£110,947
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Count Volunteers
3
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Due Date
31 January 2023
Ar Received Date
1 August 2022
Total Gross Income
£26,617
Total Gross Expenditure
£22,968
Charity Raises Funds From Public
No
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
2

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Country
Geographic Area Description
France
Parent Geographic Area Type
Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description
Europe
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Harrow
Parent Geographic Area Type
Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description
Greater London
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Hertfordshire
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Country
Geographic Area Description
India
Parent Geographic Area Type
Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description
Asia
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Leicester City
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
108
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Religious Activities
Classification Code
302
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Makes Grants To Organisations
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training
Classification Code
205
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Classification Code
201
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Children/young People

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
PAPPAJI FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
2010-05-13T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
TRUST DEED DATED 7 APRIL 2010
Charitable Objects
I) TO ADVANCE THE HINDU RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY PROPAGATING THE PHILOSOPHIES OF LORD SWAMINARAYAN AND GUNATITANAND SWAMI AS PROPOUNDED BY HISDIVINE HOLINESS PAPPAJI MAHARAJ .II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AND /OR NOVITIATES IN THE SWAMINARAYAN RELIGION BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ANY RELIGIOUS OR OTHER CHARITIES WHICH PROMOTE THE PHILOSOPHIES OF HIS DIVINE HOLINESS PAPPAJI MAHARAJ .
Area Of Benefit
UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL