Sachkhand Nanak Dham International
Charity 515484
Overview
Summary
Sachkhand Nanak Dham International appears to be a faith-rooted community institution whose role extends beyond worship: it combines a specific spiritual tradition with an explicitly inclusive gathering space and a stated commitment to humanitarian service. Its charitable model appears to rely on place-based participation—bringing people together for prayer, observance and mutual support—while directing support towards people experiencing hardship, disability or older age. The available evidence suggests an organisation seeking to bridge religious practice, social welfare and equality.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Birchfield
Confidence: low
The available evidence identifies the charity's principal address in Birmingham and describes public worship through gatherings for prayer and religious observance. It also records that the charity owns and/or leases property. Together, this supports an active worship and gathering site in Birmingham rather than correspondence-only contact details, but does not independently establish a ward-level operational area.
- Charity Commission register, charity 515484
Records the charity's address in Birmingham; says it provides buildings/facilities and records that it owns and/or leases land or property. - Sachkhand Nanak Dham International trustees' annual report for year ended 31 August 2023
Identifies the charity's principal address in Birmingham and states that its purposes include public worship through gatherings for prayer and religious observances.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence establishes a physical worship and gathering base in Birmingham, but does not identify the neighbourhoods from which regular attendees or people receiving hardship support are drawn.
- The Charity Commission lists Birmingham City, Ealing and Kent as places where the charity operates. This supports an operational footprint extending beyond Birmingham, but the evidence does not specify the services, sites, frequency or current level of activity in Ealing or Kent.
- No authoritative evidence was found of delivery sites, commissioned services or material partner organisations elsewhere in Birmingham. The statement in recent trustee reports that the charity assisted various people, organisations and institutes does not name locations or partners.
- The organisation's official website presents an international spiritual mission, but it does not provide sufficient organisation-specific evidence to treat overseas hubs or the wider movement as operational sites of this registered Birmingham charity.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or activity report specifying the locations of worship, welfare support and assistance to other organisations.
- A current programme, timetable or venue information confirming how regularly the principal site is used and whether there are other Birmingham venues.
- Named partner organisations, grant records or project agreements showing whether partnerships extend delivery into other Birmingham wards.
- Clarification from the charity on the nature and current extent of its reported operations in Ealing and Kent.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Faith practice appears to be the organisation's organising platform
The organisation appears to use shared worship and religious observance as the foundation for wider charitable activity, rather than treating faith and community support as separate functions.
Why it matters
This helps explain its likely operating model: relationships, trust and volunteering may be built through a worshipping community and then translated into practical support.
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“To provide for the public worship of God by means of gathering for prayer and religious observances.”
Source:Charity Commission“A belief in humanitarian principles and rendering selfless service for all.”
Source:Organisation
It pairs a particular religious lineage with broad public inclusion
The organisation appears to hold a distinct theological identity while presenting its physical and social space as open across social and religious differences.
Why it matters
This may make it a potential bridge institution: rooted enough to sustain a committed community, but positioned to engage people beyond that community.
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“To advance the precept of one divine being as expounded by Maharaj Darshan Das.”
Source:Charity Commission“Provide a place of worship and gathering for all regardless of caste, creed, religion, colour, race or gender.”
Source:Organisation
Its stated beneficiary groups suggest a broad, not narrowly congregational, welfare ambition
Support is framed around life-stage and vulnerability needs, alongside the general public and other voluntary bodies, suggesting an ambition to contribute to the wider civic ecosystem.
Why it matters
This raises useful questions about whether the organisation is primarily a direct-support provider, a venue for other groups, or a connector between faith and voluntary-sector networks.
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“Children/young people, elderly/old people, people with disabilities, other charities or voluntary bodies, and the general public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides buildings/facilities/open space, advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether support is delivered directly, through referrals, or by hosting other organisations.
- Which communities use the space and whether its inclusive offer reaches beyond its faith community.
- The scale, frequency and outcomes of hardship, disability and older-age support.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent activity reports describing services, attendance, volunteers and beneficiaries.
- Details of partnerships, referrals and organisations using its facilities.
- Evidence of how inclusion commitments are implemented in practice.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Provide a place of worship and gathering for all regardless of caste, creed, religion, colour, race or gender. A believe in humanitarian principles and rendering selfless service for all.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE PRECEPT OF ONE DIVINE BEING AS EXPOUNDED BY MAHARAJ DARSHAN DAS AND THEREBY BEING MAN TO A GREATER REALISATION OF GOD AND INCREASE AND SUSTAIN HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEF. TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC WORSHIP OF GOD BY MEANS OF GATHERING FOR PRAYER AND RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES. TO RELIEVE IN CASES OF NEED ANY PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR DISABLED.