Skip to content
Governance Register
Sign inFind yourself
Find yourselfSign in
Search How it works For organisations For professionals

Edition

United Kingdom (current)IrelandUnited StatesNew ZealandCanadaAustraliaScotlandNorthern Ireland

Registered charity · London

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Limited

The Charity?s Objects are (1) to promote and advance the education of the public in literature, music, the dance, the arts, philosophy, sports and the culture (both spiritual and temporal), particularly but not exclusively, of Indian origin (2) to...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £868k (2025)
How am I connected?
More
View network map Report an issue

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

Network

The large node is Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Limited. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Hammersmith And Fulham
Website
www.bhavan.net (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Limited
Registered
1973

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£868k£858k
  • 2024£809k£808k
  • 2023£804k£801k
Earlier years
  • 2022£889k£860k
  • 2021£717k£658k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The Charity?s Objects are (1) to promote and advance the education of the public in literature, music, the dance, the arts, philosophy, sports and the culture (both spiritual and temporal), particularly but not exclusively, of Indian origin (2) to promote and advance the education of the public in languages of Indian origin, with particular emphasis (but not exclusively) on Sanskrit and Indian languages (3) to advance education by facilitating cultural programs and initiatives with a view to promoting global understanding of ancient and contemporary Indian cultural traditions

Grants received

1 grant · £43,300 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £43,300

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £43,3002005-08-31
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.

12 trustees on the board

9.3y median 9y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

4
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 12Education/training 12

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

Education 3Business services 2Health and social care 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£868k 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.

3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

21 from 19 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
312879
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 JANUARY 1973 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 MAY 1973, 5 NOVEMBER 2003, 4 OCTOBER 2006 AND 3 OCTOBER 2007. as amended on 26 Mar 2026
Companies House
Company number 01090630 · Active
Contact on the register
02073813086 · info@bhavan.net
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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data