Registered charity · Middlesex
The Panjabi Centre LTD
- 7 trustees
- Income £135k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.desiradio.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Panjabi Centre LTD
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£135k£197k
- 2024£119k£177k
- 2023£136k£165k
Earlier years
- 2022£149k£170k
- 2021£177k£168k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 39%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF PUNJABI LANGUAGE, HISTORY AND CULTURE.
Grants received
5 grants · £74,296 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £54,400 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,896 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Amarjit Kaur Khera Chair since 1997
- Ajit Singh Khera since 2020
- Benjamin James Schofield
- Jain Sidhu since 2004
- Jasvir Singh since 2023
- Kulvant Singh since 2023
- Manjinder Singh Chahal since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Amarjit Kaur Khera Chair since 1997
- Ajit Singh Khera since 2020
- Jain Sidhu since 2004
- Manjinder Singh Chahal since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Amarjit Kaur Khera Chair since 1997
- Ajit Singh Khera since 2020
- Jain Sidhu since 2004
- Jasvir Singh since 2023
- Kulvant Singh since 2023
- Manjinder Singh Chahal since 2020
Portfolio (1)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1065534
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17TH JUNE 1997 AS AMENDED BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 1ST OCTOBER 2005
- Companies House
- Company number 03387854 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02085749591 · info@desiradio.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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