Registered charity · Chelmsford
Chelmsford Hindu Society
- 6 trustees
- Income £60k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.chelmsfordhindusociety.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Chelmsford Hindu Society
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£60k£57k
- 2024£159k£15k
- 2023£53k£11k
Earlier years
- 2022£18k£11k
- 2021£13k£9k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 75%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1) TO ADVANCE THE HINDU RELIGION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF A HINDU TEMPLE AND A HINDU CULTURAL CENTRE;2) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF CHELMSFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.
Grants received
1 grant · £2,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Essex Community Foundation · £2,000
Most recent
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Smita Rajesh Chair since 2017
- Dababrata Chowdhury since 2022
- Kalpana Singh since 2017
- Nagendra Prasad Kharel since 2026
- Naveen Bhatia since 2022
- Rajesh Kumar since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Smita Rajesh Chair since 2017
- Kalpana Singh since 2017
- Rajesh Kumar since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Kalpana Singh since 2017
- Nagendra Prasad Kharel since 2026
- Naveen Bhatia since 2022
- Rajesh Kumar since 2017
Portfolio (2)
- Smita Rajesh Chair since 2017
- Dababrata Chowdhury since 2022
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
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
- 1172630
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 SEP 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 APR 2017 as amended on 22 Mar 2022 as amended on 03 Oct 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 10391340 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07985249494 · info@chelmsfordhindusociety.org
- 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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