The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Palan Foundation

Registered charity 1155152 Registered since 2013

Operates: India

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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.

5 trustees on the board

12.6y median 13y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 5Recreation 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 9Property 7Business services 6

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£34k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://www.palanfoundation.co.uk/
Emailnpalan@aol.com
Phone07715110239
AddressGolden Tours Foundation, 156 Cromwell Road, London, SW7 4EF

Finances

£33,976 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£60,156£330,826
2022£41,870£484,203
2023£69,379£457,621
2024£650,316£1,287,479
2025£33,976£271,460

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Other FinanceProvides Human Resources

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE COMPANY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS.2. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.3. To advance the understanding of the Hindu faith for the public benefit, by the provision of grants to Hindu organisations established for the advancement of religion, interfaith activities, education, and social and community matters and in particular but not exclusively, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/01/2011 as amended on 28 Aug 2019 as amended on 13 Jun 2020

Trustees (5)

5trustees
57median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Palan Foundation · 07491521 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/01/2011

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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