KALA CHETHENA KATHAKALI TROUPE

Registered charity 1039412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raises awareness of Asian culture through the Arts

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

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.

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.

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 England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/10/2025£76k"A CELEBRATION OF THE ART, CULTURE AND PEOPLE OF KERALA THROUGH CLASSICAL KATHAKALI THEATRE."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/08/2023£64k"KERALA COMES TO WHITEHILL AND BORDON"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/03/2020£50k"LIFE BEHIND THE COSTUME"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/05/2018£50k"Don't throw me away"
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2016£2kConnecting Communites
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/11/2015£53k"Kathakali and Carnival Come Together"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/07/2014£50k"East meets West revamped"
The National Lottery Community Fund04/06/2014£7kMAKING CHOICES
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/03/2012£50k"South India arrives in Hampshire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/07/2011£49k"WE ARE WHAT WE WEAR"
The National Lottery Community Fund01/04/2011£10kBRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2009£10kYou Need Hands
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/11/2007£49k"Indian Sign Language From Temple To Drama"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/06/2006£27k"Sanskrit Storytelling"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/01/2006£22k"Celtic and Indian Storytelling Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/08/2004£28k"The Ancient Crafts of South India"