NEWDAWN INDIA

Registered charity 1001535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COOPER ATKINSON TRUST, NEW DAWN INDIA, THE COOPER ATKINSON CHARITABLE TRUST FOR INDIA

Grant making for the relief of poverty, particularly among children, including care and education, in southern India.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SOUTH INDIA

Area of benefit: SOUTH INDIA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Babergh, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£198k

Latest spending

£86k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £264,176.91, resulting in total net assets of £319,176.91. The charity reported a net income surplus of £110,659 for the year, with no tangible fixed assets or investments held other than cash deposits. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% of income)

“Donations and legacies 121,175” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 20
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 20
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 20
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — NewDawn India (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Brenda Florence Sturgeon
Elaine Anne Milverton Gotts
Emma Charlotte Bowyer
Rev Sally Janet Letman
SANDRA ELLEN DAVIES

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: India · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£198k	£86k
31/12/2024	£78k	£79k
31/12/2023	£78k	£99k
31/12/2022	£95k	£80k
31/12/2021	£167k	£72k

Common questions

Is NEWDAWN INDIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £264,176.91, resulting in total net assets of £319,176.91. The charity reported a net income surplus of £110,659 for the year, with no tangible fixed assets or investments held other than cash deposits. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALCOT, BATH	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LOVE INDIA.

LOVE INDIA income £72k
THE SUPPORT FOUNDATION income £190k
CHILDREN'S HOMES IN INDIA TRUST income £109k
THE SARWAR FOUNDATION income £76k
IHSAN COMPASSION FUND income £277k
YAGDIL EDUCATION income £277k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEWDAWN INDIA	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LOVE INDIA FY2026	£72k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUPPORT FOUNDATION FY2025	£190k	—	below	—	no doubt
CHILDREN'S HOMES IN INDIA TRUST FY2025	£109k	—	unclear	2.4%	no doubt
THE SARWAR FOUNDATION FY2025	£76k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
IHSAN COMPASSION FUND FY2025	£277k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.