Educate Punjab Project

Registered charity 1017903 · since 2012educatepunjab.net·India·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

  • Educate Punjab Project names India as its priority, and its stated themes are religious projects and education, so a request in those areas is the best fit.
  • Neither its annual report nor its register entry gives a usable grants figure, and no grant range is stated, so a modest, clearly costed request is the safest starting point.
  • No application process is publicly published in the annual report, the register entry or its website, so a short enquiry to the charity is the only route the sources point to.
  • The trustees commit to projects only where reserves are available, and the charity intends to distribute accumulated reserves, including a larger multi-year project in India, so timing depends on what reserves remain.
  • Its scholarships go to needy students who do well academically, with support tied to education costs and evidence of expenditure required, so individuals applying should expect those terms.

Overview

Educate Punjab Project is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1017903).

What they fund

Priority Areas

Gurunanak assists recognised charities and religious projects, and helps needy individuals through trustees promoting the charity. It intends to distribute accumulated reserves in line with its objects, including funding a larger project in India over several years, subject to reserves being available. Its website describes the charity-run Educate Punjab Project as promoting Sikh religious practice alongside higher education and career development for young people. It provides scholarships to needy students who do well academically but lack financial support; student finances are assessed, and support is tied to education costs with expenditure evidence required. Its giving spans organisational and religious projects as well as direct assistance to individuals.

Themes

  • Religious projects
  • Education

Geographic Focus

Priority: India.

How to apply

No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

  • The trustees do not commit to funding projects unless reserves are available to them.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

  • India

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Five years of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 5 April 2021£819,380£647,230—Accounts for year to 5 April 2021
year to 5 April 2022£982,666£533,269—Accounts for year to 5 April 2022
year to 5 April 2023£1,044,200£930,923£923,423Accounts for year to 5 April 2023
year to 5 April 2024£1,247,505£1,153,137—Accounts for year to 5 April 2024
year to 5 April 2025£1,415,191£1,412,934—Accounts for year to 5 April 2025
  • Grants paid, year to 5 April 2023: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.

Sources

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.

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