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Swaminarayan Mandir Vasna Sanstha
Swaminarayan Mandir Vasna Sanstha is a registered charity (number 1166090) based in London, governed by 3 trustees. Latest income £1.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Smvs, Smvs Swaminaryan Sanstha (Charity Commission)
- 3 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, India
- Linked company
- Swaminarayan Mandir Vasna Sanstha
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£588k
- 2024£1.6m£248k
- 2023£247k£182k
Earlier years
- 2022£247k£182k
- 2021£483k£85k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE:1. THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROPAGATION OF PURNA PURUSHOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN BHAGWAN ("SWAMINARAYAN BHAGWAN") DENOMINATION OF THE HINDU FAITH. A. THE CHARITY SHALL PROPAGATE THE TEACHINGS AND PRINCIPLES OF SWAMINARAYAN BHAGWAN, KNOWN AS "SWAMINARAYAN UPASANA" OR "KARAN SATSANG UPASANA", WHICH IS REVEALED AND ESTABLISHED BY SWAMINARAYAN BHAGWAN. THESE TEACHINGS AND PRINCIPLES ARE EXPLAINED AND INTERPRETED BY JEEVANPRAN ABAJIBAPSHRI, COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS "KARAN SATSANG". KARAN SATSANG IS WHOLEHEARTEDLY WORSHIPPING SWAMINARAYAN BHAGWAN AS PURNA PURUSHOTTAM SANATAN BHAGWAN (THE SUPREME AND ONE GOD). FOLLOWERS SHALL OBTAIN ULTIMATE AND ETERNAL SALVATION OF SPIRITUALITY, KNOWN AS "ANADIMUKT NI STHITI" THROUGH FULL GUARDIANSHIP, NURTURING AND CARE FROM "ANADIMKUT SATPURUSH" (THE DIVINE SPIRITUAL SUCCESSORS OF SWAMINARAYAN BHAGWAN).B. THE TRUSTEES SHALL PROCURE THAT THE CHARITY FOLLOWS THE TEACHINGS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE ANADIMKUT SATPURUSH, INSPIRER, FOUNDER AND SPIRITUAL LEADER OF SMVS, HIS DIVINE HOLINESS ANADIMKUT SADGURU SHRI DEVNANDANDASJI SWAMISHRI (ALSO KNOWN AS "HDH BAPJI"), WHO HAS ENUNCIATED, CLARIFIED AND PROPAGATED THE TEACHINGS OF KARAN SATSANG BASED UPON THE HOLY SCRIPTURES NAMELY VACHNAMRUT, RAHASYARTH PRADIPIKA TIKA SAH VACHNAMRUT (ANNOTATED VERSION OF VACHNAMRUT) AND SHRI ABAJIBAPASHRI NI VATO.C. THE TRUSTEES SHALL ALSO PROCURE THAT THE CHARITY FOLLOWS THE TEACHINGS AND PRINCIPLES OF HDH BAPJI'S DIRECT SUCCESSORS. HDH BAPJI HAS NAMED HIS SUCCESSOR HIS HOLINESS ANADIMUKTA SATYASANKALPDASJI SWAMISHRI (ALSO KNOWN AS "HH SWAMISHRI"). THESE TEACHINGS OF KARAN SATSANG SHALL CONTINUE THROUGH THOSE DIRECT SUCCESSORS. 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE IN THEIR DISCRETION.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Kamlesh Purshottambhai Ramani since 2014
- Suresh Patel since 2014
- Valji Mavji Ramji since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Kamlesh Purshottambhai Ramani since 2014
- Suresh Patel since 2014
- Valji Mavji Ramji since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Suresh Patel since 2014
Portfolio (2)
- Kamlesh Purshottambhai Ramani since 2014
- Valji Mavji Ramji since 2014
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
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1166090
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/08/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/02/2016 as amended on 10 Jul 2018
- Companies House
- Company number 09196187 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07966574762 · admin@uk.smvs.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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