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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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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

12y median 12y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 3Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

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

Other services 3Education 1Finance 1

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.

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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£1.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

0
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.

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
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