FRIENDS OF METTUPALAYAM

Registered charity 1054673 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Educational,agricultural,health and social welfare in Tamil Nadu South India

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS (WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL), THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONGST THOSE PERSONS RESIDING IN AND AROUND THE VILLAGE OF METTUPALAYAM AND THE DISTRICT OF CHENGALPATTU, SOUTH INDIA.

Area of benefit: PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE VILLAGE OF METTUPALAYAM AND THE DISTRICT OF CHENGALPATTU, SOUTH INDIA

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

Causes: Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total receipts of £35,915 and incurred total payments of £32,140 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a net increase in cash funds. The trustees declare that they do not plan to build up reserves, aiming instead to expedite the use of all donations, though they maintain a general reserve to meet fluctuations in donations and running costs.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Mettupalayam (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADELE ELDRIDGE
• FRANCIS ANDREW MUNCASTER
• HUGO GORDON GUTHRIE WELSH
• JEAN SANDRA WELSH
• KATHERINE MARY LAWSON
• STEPHEN ALLAN LAWSON

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

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