SOUTH LONDON TAMIL WELFARE GROUP

Registered charity 1077602 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SLTWG

South London Tamil Welfare Group is a Registered Charity and Registered company working for Tamil Community for past 28 years. Our vision is to enhance the quality of life of Tamil and other ethnic communities so that they can live with respect and harmony in the United Kingdom. The mission is to ameliorate the quality of life of disadvantaged Community by providing advisory and support services

Objects

(A) TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS OF TAMIL ORIGIN IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION SERVICES AND TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES. (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN TAMIL ARTS AND CULTURE. (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST THE STUDENTS OF TAMIL ORIGIN. (D) PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS OF TAMIL ORIGIN WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE SOUTH LONDON

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit for the year, with total income of £33,894 falling short of total expenditure of £46,678. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted funds stood at £115,723 against a designated fund for building renovation of £44,291, resulting in total net assets of £71,432. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern following appropriate enquiries.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 22/05/2024, 112 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03816209

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• NAVARATNA-RAJAH, Aiyadurai — director, appointed 18/01/2025on trustee list
• RATNESWAREN, Suppiah, Dr — director, appointed 18/01/2025on trustee list
• ARUMUGARAASAH, Ponnampalam, Dr — director, appointed 24/03/2001not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR ARUMUGARAASAH PONNAMPALAM MBBSchair
• Aiyadurai Navaratna-Rajah
• Dr Suppiah RATNESWAREN

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHWEST LONDON TAMIL KALVIKOODAM.

• SOUTHWEST LONDON TAMIL KALVIKOODAM income £82k
• OUR SOCIETY UNITED KINGDOM income £59k
• SOUTH LONDON TAMIL CHURCH (SLTC) income £33k
• THE LONDON TAMIL SANGAM income £89k
• LONDON TAMIL CENTRE income £76k
• SOUTH WEST LONDON ISLAMIC SOCIETY income £142k

Side by side with its peers

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