Registered charity 1142395

The Indian Society of South West Wales

What it does

1. Mela Festival : community event held annually in April. An event that promotes racial harmony 2. Monthly events to promote social welfare : Pottery day, International women's day, charity event in aid of help the heroes, 3. Republic's day to advance the education of the public in the history and traditions of indian culture.

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

Its charitable purposes

1) THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (A) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THE INDIAN CULTURE.3) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SOUTH WEST WALES BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND ADVICE TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.4) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Who it helps: The general public
How it works: Provides services

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Bridgend
Carmarthenshire
Neath Port Talbot
City of Swansea

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 3 April 2025, it had income of £21,877 and spent £21,033.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
3 April 2025	£21,877	£21,033	Not reported	Not reported
3 April 2024	£14,406	£12,702	Not reported	Not reported
3 April 2023	£16,590	£16,027	Not reported	5
3 April 2022	£15,823	£14,151	Not reported	5
3 April 2021	£420	£879	Not reported	Not reported

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.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Up 5,109%, from £420 in the year to 3 April 2021 to £21,877 in the year to 3 April 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 96% of its income in the year to 3 April 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

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

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 3 April 2025: £5,000 from 2 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
3 April 2025	£5,000 from 2 grants	Not reported
3 April 2024	£2,000 from 1 grant	Not reported
3 April 2023	Not reported	Not reported

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2007, worth at least £5,545.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

By funder

The National Lottery Community Fund£2,955, 1 grant
The National Lottery Heritage Fund£2,590, 1 grant

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
20 Mar 2009	The National Lottery Community FundIndian Mela (Festival)	£2,955
23 Apr 2007	The National Lottery Heritage Fund"The project is to hold a traditional Indian community event (Mela).The money is for venue hire, PA system, equipment hire, publicity and oth"	£2,590

In the Senedd and Welsh Government

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 to the Indian Society of South West Wales? During the 2025-26 financial year, the Welsh Government provided no funding to the Indian Society of South West Wales.
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19 October 2024
Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Cabsec SJTCW
Purpose: The Indian Society of South West Wales.
The Indian Society of South West Wales
Read the record
18 May 2023
Named by Chantal Patel in the Senedd
…en't done. Certainly, I know, with the African Community Centre Wales, we haven't done that; we certainly haven't done that with the Indian Society of South West Wales or any other organisation that I'm involved with. But it would be something that we could do in order to support the activity in ter…
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18 May 2023
Named by Chantal Patel in the Senedd
…heard people within the local communities that I tend to work in—. I’m a member of the African Community Centre, I’m a member of the Indian Society of South West Wales, I’m a trustee of the Birth Partner Project for women who are on their own having to give birth in Cardiff, for example, but I have…
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Trustees

15 trustees run the charity.

Aasif IqbalAppointed 21 May 2023
Babita VermaAppointed 16 July 2022
Divya Pradhan DrAppointed 14 June 2026
Dr Ankita JainAppointed 11 July 2022
Dr Arun RamachandranAppointed 11 July 2017
Dr kETAN SHAHAppointed 1 July 2018
Dr Narendra Babu ChinnappaAppointed 11 July 2017
Dr RAJESH KUMAR GUPTAAppointed 11 February 2013
Dr Vijay VenkatramanAppointed 14 June 2026
Gokul Vignesh KandaSwamyAppointed 16 July 2022
Paramesh Mankunda PuttasiddaiahAppointed 8 June 2025
shalini SinhaAppointed 8 June 2025
Sindhu MahadevenAppointed 1 July 2018

Filing record

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

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
3 April 2025	3 February 2026	Received 16 January 2026, 18 days early	Not required
3 April 2024	3 February 2025	Received 3 February 2025	Not required
3 April 2023	3 February 2024	Received 6 February 2024, 3 days late	Not required
3 April 2022	3 February 2023	Received 3 February 2023	Not required
3 April 2021	3 February 2022	Received 26 January 2022, 8 days early	Not required

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1142395
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 14 June 2011
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 06/06/2010AS AMENDED ON 12/06/2011
Website: www.indiansociety.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Swansea

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy 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.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

3 April 2025

£21,877

£21,033

Not reported

3 April 2024

£14,406

£12,702

Not reported

3 April 2023

£16,590

£16,027

Not reported

3 April 2022

£15,823

£14,151

Not reported

3 April 2021

£420

£879

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

3 April 2025

£5,000 from 2 grants

Not reported

3 April 2024

£2,000 from 1 grant

Not reported

3 April 2023

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

20 Mar 2009

The National Lottery Community FundIndian Mela (Festival)

£2,955

23 Apr 2007

The National Lottery Heritage Fund"The project is to hold a traditional Indian community event (Mela).The money is for venue hire, PA system, equipment hire, publicity and oth"

£2,590

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

3 April 2025

3 February 2026

Received 16 January 2026, 18 days early

Not required

3 April 2024

3 February 2025

Received 3 February 2025

Not required

3 April 2023

3 February 2024

Received 6 February 2024, 3 days late

Not required

3 April 2022

3 February 2023

Received 3 February 2023

Not required

3 April 2021

3 February 2022

Received 26 January 2022, 8 days early

Not required