Anil Bhanot is the General Secretary of Hindu Council UK (HCUK), which is the first and remains the largest umbrella organisation uniting all Hindu schools of theology through its 170 temples members and different Hindu communities through the 300 cultural organisations members. HCUK has almost 500 key representatives and 50 prominent Hindus in its Executive, working on a voluntary basis.

Anil Bhanot is also a trustee of the Council of Ethnic and Minority Voluntary Organisations (CEMVO), a trustee of the Mosaic Community Trust for grass root cross-communities projects and a patron of the Kisch Trust for youth projects.

Anil Bhanot is a Chartered Accountant and has been running his own practice since 1990.