MILAP FESTIVAL TRUST

Registered charity 1024761 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MILAP, MILAPFEST

Milap Festival Trust is a National Indian Arts Development Trust working nationally to develop, promote and support Indian arts and culture through an annual programme of music, dance, theatre and regular & extensive educational work. A particular focus of the trust is to support the professional development of young British musicians and dancers through two national orchestras, Samyo & Tarang.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £66,085 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds decreasing from £263,309 to £202,224. The trustees note that expenditure exceeded income and continue to monitor the financial position closely amidst a challenging funding environment. Despite this, the organization remains solvent with no liabilities due after more than one year.

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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Liverpool City Council — “Milap is supported by funding from its home city of Liverpool via Liverpool City Council’s / Culture Liverpool’s Culture & Arts Investment P…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALFRED GATFIELD
• Dr GEETA NAYAK
• HAE-KYUNG UM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kenneth William Baird · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mayoor Patel BCA · trustee of 2 other charities
• RAVI NAGPAUL
• REKHA GATFIELD

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MATHIESON MUSIC TRUST.

• THE MATHIESON MUSIC TRUST income £143k
• DARBAR ARTS CULTURE AND HERITAGE TRUST income £1.3m
• TWO MOORS FESTIVAL LIMITED income £229k
• THE LLANGOLLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD LIMITED income £1.5m
• THE TILLETT TRUST income £241k
• DEAL MUSIC AND ARTS LIMITED income £242k

Side by side with its peers

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