British Sikh Council UK

Analysis

British Sikh Council UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, British Sikh Council UK reported income of £127k and spending of £67k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £359k to £127k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British Sikh Council UK sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lam Rim Buddhist Centre (£127k), Sunderland Headlight (£127k) and Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers (Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire Berkshire and Northamptonshire) (£127k).