LONDON TAMIL CENTRE

Registered charity 1018333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of Education , Social welfare and community service.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF TAMIL SPEAKING PEOPLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN TAMIL LANGUAGE, MUSIC, DANCE,DRAMA,SPEECH AND GENERAL AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (B) TO PROVIDE, IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE - TIME OCCUPATION FOR THOSE WHO NEED THEM BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH,AGE,INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT,POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE FOR WHOM THEY ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED. (C) TO RELIEVE THE ELDERLY, SICK OR DISABLED IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brent, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£76k
Latest spending
£63k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £13,480 for the year ended 31 August 2025, supported by increased rental income which ensured overall financial stability. Total net assets increased to £273,066, with unrestricted funds rising to £59,030. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and has no disclosed pension deficit or material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 25

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £124k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£76k£63k
31/08/2024£123k£91k
31/03/2023£66k£58k
31/03/2022£31k£39k
31/03/2021£57k£62k

Common questions

Is LONDON TAMIL CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £13,480 for the year ended 31 August 2025, supported by increased rental income which ensured overall financial stability. Total net assets increased to £273,066, with unrestricted funds rising to £59,030. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and has no disclosed pension deficit or material uncertainties regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2005£141kTamil Elders Drop In

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMWATTAN CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONDON TAMIL CENTRE£76k—0unclear—no doubt
HAMWATTAN CENTRE FY2025£52k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON TAMIL SANGAM FY2025£89k—0unclear—no doubt
LONGHEATH COMMUNITY CARE AND CHURCH CENTRE FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt
THORPE LANGTON TOWN LAND FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt
SULTAN BAHU CENTRE FY2025£320k—0above—no doubt

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