Veddis Foundation

Registered charity 1166075 Registered since 2016

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, 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.

2 trustees on the board

Vikrant Bhargava Chair since 2016
Masoud Zabeti since 2016

10y median 10y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Vikrant Bhargava Chair since 2016
Masoud Zabeti since 2016

16.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Vikrant Bhargava Chair since 2016
Masoud Zabeti since 2016

company-linked trustees

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

Property 22Finance 4Construction 3

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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£2.8m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

40.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 66.9 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

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Ageuk Worcester,Malvern Hills & Hereford Localities Similar size; both General purposes
The HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust Similar size; both General purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.letzdream.co.uk
Email	vikrantb@gmail.com
Phone	07724867035
Address	Kemp House, 160 City Road, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 2NX

Finances

£2,788,929 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£0	£123,551
2022	£1,258,842	£478,381
2023	£10,340,793	£2,646,009
2024	£2,371,240	£2,578,063
2025	£2,788,929	£2,773,717

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

(I) TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.(II) THE CHARITY WILL OPERATE BY SUPPORTING OTHER CHARITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, WITH A FOCUS ON CHARITIES OPERATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. IN THE EARLY YEARS, THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRY OF FOCUS WILL BE INDIA BUT THE GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD WILL BE EXPANDED OVER TIME TO INCLUDE OTHER COUNTRIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/03/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/10/2014 as amended on 03 Oct 2024 as amended on 03 Oct 2024

Trustees (2)

2trustees

52median age

0aged 70+

Vikrant Bhargavaage band 50-54 Chair since 2016
Masoud Zabetiage band 50-54 since 2016

Linked company (Companies House)

Veddis Foundation · 08002661 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/03/2012

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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