Guru Nanak Gurdwara South Birmingham

Analysis

Guru Nanak Gurdwara South Birmingham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Guru Nanak Gurdwara South Birmingham reported income of £569k and spending of £436k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £158k to £569k (+259%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Guru Nanak Gurdwara South Birmingham sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alpha International Ministries (£549k), Matliwala Darul Aloom Charitable Trust (£572k) and The Cecil Rosen Foundation (£531k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 2.4%. Charitable activities took 20% of spending and raising funds 73%. Reserves of £152k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate.