Registered charity · Plymouth
South Asian Society (Saas)
- 12 trustees
- Income £8k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Girish VenkatarayappaChair · since 2015
- Abhijit GhatgeTrustee · since 2019
- Achin SobtiTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Amit DhulkotiaTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Bharat RAJ ShresthaTrustee · since 2005
- Dr Mahrukh MirzaTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Smita TripathiTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Vikram SharmaTrustee · since 2023
- Jayanti BhagwanjiTrustee
- Prof Arunangsu ChatterjeeTrustee · since 2016
- Prof Awadhesh Nandan JhaTrustee · since 2005
- Rajaraman SrinivasanTrustee · since 2015
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities and 2 more
- Where
- Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth City, Torbay
- Website
- www.southasiansociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£8k£6k
- 2023£5k£4k
- 2022£10k£4k
Earlier years
- 2021£4k£1k
- 2020£939£2k
Charitable objects
A. THE PROVISION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AMONG PERSONS OF SOUTH ASIAN DESCENT, RESIDENT IN DEVON AND CORNWALL OR SURROUNDING AREAS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT), WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.B. THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY PROVISION OF MULTICULTURAL EVENTS INVOLVING DIFFERENT ETHNIC COMMUNITIES ENCOURAGING BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS AND OTHER NEEDS OF EACH COMMUNITY.
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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.
12 trustees on the board
- Dr Girish Venkatarayappa Chair since 2015
- Abhijit Ghatge since 2019
- Achin Sobti since 2017
- Dr Amit Dhulkotia since 2020
- Dr Bharat RAJ Shrestha since 2005
- Dr Mahrukh Mirza since 2016
- Dr Smita Tripathi since 2019
- Dr Vikram Sharma since 2023
- Jayanti Bhagwanji
- Prof Arunangsu Chatterjee since 2016
- Prof Awadhesh Nandan Jha since 2005
- Rajaraman Srinivasan since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Girish Venkatarayappa Chair since 2015
- Abhijit Ghatge since 2019
- Achin Sobti since 2017
- Dr Amit Dhulkotia since 2020
- Dr Bharat RAJ Shrestha since 2005
- Dr Mahrukh Mirza since 2016
- Dr Smita Tripathi since 2019
- Prof Arunangsu Chatterjee since 2016
- Prof Awadhesh Nandan Jha since 2005
- Rajaraman Srinivasan since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Dr Girish Venkatarayappa Chair since 2015
- Abhijit Ghatge since 2019
- Achin Sobti since 2017
- Dr Amit Dhulkotia since 2020
- Dr Bharat RAJ Shrestha since 2005
- Dr Mahrukh Mirza since 2016
- Dr Smita Tripathi since 2019
- Dr Vikram Sharma since 2023
- Jayanti Bhagwanji
- Prof Arunangsu Chatterjee since 2016
- Prof Awadhesh Nandan Jha since 2005
- Rajaraman Srinivasan since 2015
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
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1110925
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 22ND JUNE 2003 AS AMENDED ON 17TH JULY 2005.
- Contact on the register
- 01752 · chairperson@southasiansociety.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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