Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick

Analysis

Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Smethwick. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £630k to £1.7m (+163%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mary How Trust for Cancer Prevention (£1.7m), St Teresa's Home CIO (£1.7m) and The English Region of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph CIO (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 3.1%. Charitable activities took 57% of spending and raising funds 39%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2,225. It employed 10 people.