KALA CHETHENA KATHAKALI TROUPE

Registered charity 1039412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raises awareness of Asian culture through the Arts

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Latest income

£38k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £12,476, with unrestricted reserves at £6,452 and restricted reserves at £6,024. The trustees report that income and expenditure have been well managed and are within budget, with no financial issues arising.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JILL CRUMP
John Anthony Buttler
Sandra Buttler

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£38k	£35k
31/08/2024	£64k	£59k
31/08/2023	£10k	£107k
31/08/2022	£89k	£18k
31/08/2021	£54k	£90k

Common questions

Is KALA CHETHENA KATHAKALI TROUPE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £12,476, with unrestricted reserves at £6,452 and restricted reserves at £6,024. The trustees report that income and expenditure have been well managed and are within budget, with no financial issues arising. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/10/2025	£76k	"A CELEBRATION OF THE ART, CULTURE AND PEOPLE OF KERALA THROUGH CLASSICAL KATHAKALI THEATRE."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/08/2023	£64k	"KERALA COMES TO WHITEHILL AND BORDON"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/03/2020	£50k	"LIFE BEHIND THE COSTUME"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/05/2018	£50k	"Don't throw me away"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/11/2015	£53k	"Kathakali and Carnival Come Together"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/07/2014	£50k	"East meets West revamped"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/03/2012	£50k	"South India arrives in Hampshire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/07/2011	£49k	"WE ARE WHAT WE WEAR"
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/02/2009	£10k	You Need Hands
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/11/2007	£49k	"Indian Sign Language From Temple To Drama"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/06/2006	£27k	"Sanskrit Storytelling"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/01/2006	£22k	"Celtic and Indian Storytelling Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/08/2004	£28k	"The Ancient Crafts of South India"