Registered charity · Cheshire
Jain Samaj, Manchester
- 15 trustees
- Income £254k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Aatoor DesaiTrustee · since 2026
- Bhogilal ShahTrustee · since 2026
- Charmi RamiTrustee · since 2026
- Falguni Mehta TreasurerTrustee · since 2019
- Hansa MehtaTrustee · since 2026
- Hiren Vora SecretaryTrustee · since 2017
- Jyotsna Patel ReligousTrustee · since 2020
- Mehul Mehta JsecretrayTrustee · since 2019
- Mehul ShahTrustee · since 2026
- Naina MehtaTrustee · since 2026
- Nehal Mahendra Mehta PresidentTrustee · since 2016
- Nitesh Shah VpresidentTrustee · since 2016
- Pinal ShahTrustee · since 2026
- Saroj PatelTrustee
- Shailesh MehtaTrustee · since 2022
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, Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities and 3 more
- Where
- Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham and more
- Website
- jainsamajmanchester.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1981
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£254k£234k
- 2024£228k£232k
- 2023£269k£245k
Earlier years
- 2022£228k£121k
- 2021£274k£239k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
I. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF MANCHESTER INCLUDING THEMEMBERS OF THE SAMAJ (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THEFOREGOING) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OROTHER OPINIONS TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FORRECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OFIMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.II. TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES NOT ONLY IN THE UK BUT ALSOTHROUGHOUT THE WORLD.III. TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE JAIN RELIGION AND TO RELIEVE THE FOLLOWERSOF THE JAIN RELIGION WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.II. TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN OF MEMBERS IN THE JAIN RELIGION AND ENCOURAGELEARNING OF LANGUAGES.III. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THEIR RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.IV. TO CELEBRATE RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE SAMAJ ANDORGANISE MEETINGS AND LECTURES.
Grants received
3 grants · £84,256 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £70,000
- Sport England · £10,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,256
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Aatoor Desai since 2026
- Bhogilal Shah since 2026
- Charmi Rami since 2026
- Falguni Mehta Treasurer since 2019
- Hansa Mehta since 2026
- Hiren Vora Secretary since 2017
- Jyotsna Patel Religous since 2020
- Mehul Mehta Jsecretray since 2019
- Mehul Shah since 2026
- Naina Mehta since 2026
- Nehal Mahendra Mehta President since 2016
- Nitesh Shah Vpresident since 2016
- Pinal Shah since 2026
- Saroj Patel
- Shailesh Mehta since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Falguni Mehta Treasurer since 2019
- Hiren Vora Secretary since 2017
- Jyotsna Patel Religous since 2020
- Mehul Mehta Jsecretray since 2019
- Nehal Mahendra Mehta President since 2016
- Nitesh Shah Vpresident since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (15)
- Aatoor Desai since 2026
- Bhogilal Shah since 2026
- Charmi Rami since 2026
- Falguni Mehta Treasurer since 2019
- Hansa Mehta since 2026
- Hiren Vora Secretary since 2017
- Jyotsna Patel Religous since 2020
- Mehul Mehta Jsecretray since 2019
- Mehul Shah since 2026
- Naina Mehta since 2026
- Nehal Mahendra Mehta President since 2016
- Nitesh Shah Vpresident since 2016
- Pinal Shah since 2026
- Saroj Patel
- Shailesh Mehta 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.
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
- 511076
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20/09/1980AS AMENDED ON 13/09/1997AS AMENDED ON 27/02/1999AS AMENDED ON 31/03/2012 as amended on 23 Feb 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07917717588 · hiren.vora@aol.co.uk
- 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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