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Registered charity (CIO) · Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire Puja and Cultural Association

Gloucestershire Puja and Cultural Association is a registered charity (number 1181397) based in Gloucestershire, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Dibakar Gayen since 2020. Latest income £14k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £14k (2025)
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About

What it does
Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City, Oxfordshire and more
Website
gpca.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14k£11k
  • 2024£6k£2k
  • 2023£0£0
Earlier years
  • 2022£7k£11k
  • 2021£1k£586

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE HINDU RELIGION IN BRISTOL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON HINDUISM TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE HINDU RELIGION. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF THE BENGALI AND OTHER SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITIES IN BRISTOL, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF TRADITIONAL DANCE, MUSIC AND ART. 3. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN NEED IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER DISASTER, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS.?

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

2.1y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Overseas Aid/famine Relief 9Religious Activities 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£14k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1181397
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Jan 2019 as amended on 24 Apr 2020 as amended on 18 Jan 2024
Contact on the register
07906023137 · contactgpca@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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