Hindu Cultural Association (Wales)

Provide central focus for pan-Indian cultural promotion and promoting values amongst the Indian and indigenous population with view to improving relationship and understanding, thereby reducing inequality, discrimination and disadvantage.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Caerphilly
• Cardiff
• Vale of Glamorgan

Area of benefit in its governing document: Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £83,185 and spent £80,187.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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Income over time

Up 52%, from £54,779 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £83,185 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 96% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

Largest funder

HM Revenue and Customs gave £10,748 in the year to 31 December 2025, 13% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

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In its accounts for the year ending 31 December 2025, the charity named 1 funder who gave £10,748. £0 of that came from public bodies.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 3 grants to this charity since 2005, worth at least £149,300.

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Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 10 July 2026

  Named in a written question from Cai Parry-Jones

  Addressed to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality.

  How much funding does the Welsh Government provide the Hindu Cultural Association (Wales)? During the 2025-26 financial year, the Welsh Government provided no funding to the Hindu Cultural Association (Wales).

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• 6 December 2023

  Named by Nia Williams in the Senedd

  …museum. We have also staged a number of events. Over the past quarter, for example, we've worked with Race Council Cymru and with the Hindu Cultural Association Wales India Centre on Diwali Mela, and we also launched an event that we've established looking at Somali history in Wales, which has been…

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8 trustees run the charity.

• Dr POONAM SINGHALAppointed 9 October 2022
• Dr Sarita PawarAppointed 9 October 2024
• Hari Ganesh SamayamanthulaAppointed 9 October 2024
• Kanya Kumari PodilaAppointed 9 October 2024
• Nirmala KumarAppointed 9 October 2024
• Seshakiran ChemudipatiAppointed 9 October 2022
• Sunaina PurbeyAppointed 9 October 2024
• Versha SoodAppointed 9 October 2022

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.

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Charity number

1002569

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

17 April 1991

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17 MAR 1991AS AMENDED ON 17 JUN 2001AS AMENDED ON 30 MAY 2006AS AMENDED ON 19 MAY 2009AS AMENDED ON 13 JUN 2016AS AMENDED ON 23 JUL 2017 as amended on 10 Jun 2018 as amended on 20 Sep 2020

Website

www.indiacentre.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Cardiff

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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