Registered charity · Rickmansworth
Gunatit Jyot Foundation
- 9 trustees
- Income £169k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Chandrakala PatelTrustee · since 2013
- Dinagauri BharkhdaTrustee · since 2013
- Dr Naina VisaniTrustee · since 2013
- ILA VaghelaTrustee · since 2013
- Kalpana VisaniTrustee · since 2013
- Rekha KhamarTrustee · since 2013
- Shila PopatTrustee · since 2013
- Shobhanaben Mahendrabhai GandhiTrustee · since 2013
- Usha KotechaTrustee · since 2013
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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£169k£45k
- 2024£130k£93k
- 2023£90k£51k
Earlier years
- 2022£91k£53k
- 2021£108k£66k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SWAMINARAYAN DENOMINATION OF THE HINDU RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY:A) HELPING ASPIRANTS TO ACHIEVE SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT BY BECOMING 'BRAHMASWARUP' AND SERVE 'PARBRAHMASWARUP' BY REFERENCE TO THE TEACHINGS OF HIS DIVINE HOLINESS PAPPAJIMAHARAJ.B) ADVANCING AND PROPAGATING THE SWAMINARAYAN DENOMINATION OF THE HINDU RELIGION AMONGST ITS MEMBERS AND THE WIDER PUBLIC WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE TEACHINGS AND PRINCIPLES OF LORD SWAMINARAYAN AND GUNATITANAND SWAMI.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Chandrakala Patel since 2013
- Dinagauri Bharkhda since 2013
- Dr Naina Visani since 2013
- ILA Vaghela since 2013
- Kalpana Visani since 2013
- Rekha Khamar since 2013
- Shila Popat since 2013
- Shobhanaben Mahendrabhai Gandhi since 2013
- Usha Kotecha since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Chandrakala Patel since 2013
- Dinagauri Bharkhda since 2013
- Dr Naina Visani since 2013
- ILA Vaghela since 2013
- Kalpana Visani since 2013
- Rekha Khamar since 2013
- Shila Popat since 2013
- Shobhanaben Mahendrabhai Gandhi since 2013
- Usha Kotecha since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Chandrakala Patel since 2013
- Dinagauri Bharkhda since 2013
- Rekha Khamar since 2013
- Shobhanaben Mahendrabhai Gandhi since 2013
- Usha Kotecha since 2013
Portfolio (4)
- Dr Naina Visani since 2013
- ILA Vaghela since 2013
- Kalpana Visani since 2013
- Shila Popat since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
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
- 1156223
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 01 JUN 2013AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 23/02/2014
- Contact on the register
- 07921688522 · gunatitjyotf2013@gmail.com
- 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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