Sangat Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Trust's stated purposes centre on Sikh arts, culture and heritage, the Sikh religion, relief of poverty, the health of people affected by abuse and exploitation, and youth education, so a request should show how it links to one of these.
- Its typical grants, as reported in the annual report, have fallen between £1,000 and £180,000, with a median of £16,000, so a modest request near the middle of that band is a sensible starting point.
- It accepts applications on a rolling basis, so there is no deadline to wait for, and it makes grants that meet its objectives.
- No geographic focus is stated, although the annual report shows grants mainly in Amritsar and Indonesia, so a group elsewhere should explain its link to the Trust's purposes rather than assume it is excluded.
- Nothing in the annual report says how competitive the Trust is or whether existing relationships matter, and being new to the Trust is no reason to hold back.
Overview
Sangat Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1139995).
Sangat Trust is an umbrella body set up by members who come from Gurudwaras, businesses, organisations and individuals. Its purposes include advancing public education in Sikh arts, culture and heritage, advancing the Sikh religion, and the prevention or relief of poverty. It also seeks to promote and protect the physical and mental health of people affected by specified forms of abuse and exploitation. Its total grants paid from restricted funds to institutions in the latest annual report were £302,000, and its Sangat Aid initiatives include eye camps, flood relief in Punjab and medical aid.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Sangat Trust’s charitable purposes include advancing public education in Sikh arts, culture and heritage and advancing the Sikh religion. It describes its wider work as promoting peace, justice and mutual understanding through intra-faith and inter-faith dialogue, cooperation and community action. Its vision emphasizes grassroots work and empowering young people through education based on the values and teachings of the Gurus and Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Sangat Aid says it helps people regardless of background through overseas aid and disaster relief, economic and community development, poverty relief, services for less able people and amateur sport. The Trust also provides grants, items and services to individuals in need and to charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty, and seeks to promote and protect the physical and mental health of people affected by abuse, forced marriages, caste discrimination, infanticide and human trafficking through education, counselling and support.
Themes
- Sikh arts and heritage
- Sikh religion
- Poverty relief
- Physical and mental health
- Youth education
- Overseas disaster relief
- Interfaith dialogue
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the annual report shows grants mainly in Amritsar and Indonesia.
How to apply
The Trust considers requests for grants and makes grants that meet the charity's objectives.
Where they fund
Where its grants have gone
- Indonesia
- Amritsar
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 9 grants in year to 31 August 2025 by size
Median £16,000 (year to 31 August 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Guru Ki Kashi£177,000year to 31 August 2025
- GNNSJ- Kar Sewa Harmandir Sahib (Amritsar Sahib)£29,000year to 31 August 2025
- Indonesia Floods Fund£27,000year to 31 August 2025
- Sangat Eye Camp£22,000year to 31 August 2025
- Medical Fund£16,000year to 31 August 2025
- Langar Sewa£15,000year to 31 August 2025
- Trans-Nzoia School£14,000year to 31 August 2025
- Kar Sewa Patna Sahib£1,000year to 31 August 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 August 2021 | £1,617,000 | £1,504,000 | — | Accounts for year to 31 August 2021 |
| year to 31 August 2022 | £1,124,000 | £1,175,000 | — | Accounts for year to 31 August 2022 |
| year to 31 August 2023 | £833,000 | £889,000 | — | Accounts for year to 31 August 2023 |
| year to 31 August 2024 | £656,000 | £656,000 | — | Accounts for year to 31 August 2024 |
| year to 31 August 2025 | £848,000 | £868,000 | £302,000 | Accounts for year to 31 August 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 August 2025: grants paid out in the year.
— 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
Registers and filings
Other sources
- sangattrust.org/about-us · read on 30 October 2026
- sangattrust.org/sangat-aid · read on 30 October 2026
- sangattrust.org · read on 30 October 2026
- sangattrust.org/sangat-projects · read on 30 October 2026
- sangattrust.org/contact-us · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 August 2025)
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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