APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY ASIA LTD

Registered charity 1082635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY ASIA, ATA

To advance the education of people in Asia, to relieve their poverty and to improve their health by, the application of appropriate technologies designed to supply heat, light, water, housing and other necessities in their communities. By establishing, maintaining and developing in those communities provision for the study of and training in Appropriate Technology applications relevant to needs

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE IN THE CONTINENT OF ASIA, TO RELIEVE THEIR POVERTY AND TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH BY, INTER ALIA:A. THE APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGIES DESIGNED TO SUPPLY HEAT, LIGHT, WATER, HOUSING AND OTHER LIKE NECESSITIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.B. BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING IN THOSE COMMUNITIES PROVISION FOR THE STUDY OF AND TRAINING IN APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS RELEVANT TO THEIR NEEDS.

Area of benefit: ASIA

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£125k

Latest spending

£130k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,623 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £190,756. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, citing that current results and future fundraising plans secure its immediate future for the next 12 to 18 months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating and governance costs (held: £38k)

“It is the policy of ATA to retain a minimum of three months' operating and governance costs in bank balances.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
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Complaints policy and procedures
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Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
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Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr SUNIL KUMARchair
Dr Soundarya Iyer
JOSIANE TALLON
KEVIN NUNAN

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

Operates in: India · Nepal

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£125k	£130k
31/03/2024	£252k	£132k
31/03/2023	£89k	£124k
31/03/2022	£143k	£121k
31/03/2021	£162k	£94k

Common questions

Is APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY ASIA LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,623 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £190,756. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, citing that current results and future fundraising plans secure its immediate future for the next 12 to 18 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY ASIA LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY ASIA LTD as a grant recipient include THE ROUGHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROUGHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£24k	International Applications
THE ROUGHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£23k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
The Parochial Church Council of Ecclesiastical Parish of Emmer Green and Caversham Park St Barnabas	1	£182k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£40k
ALTAJIR TRUST	1	£13k
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST	1	£12k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, LANCASTER	1	£12k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTHBOROUGH	1	£3k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASIA HOUSE.

ASIA HOUSE income £1.9m
THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD income £10.0m
PROJECT MALA CHARITABLE TRUST income £218k
GO HELP ASIA TRUST income £265k
ASATE LTD income £880k
EDUCATION FOR LIFE income £231k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY ASIA LTD	£125k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASIA HOUSE FY2024	£1.9m	—	3	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD FY2025	£10.0m	£220,001 - £230,000	—	within	—	no doubt
PROJECT MALA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£218k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GO HELP ASIA TRUST FY2025	£265k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
ASATE LTD FY2025	£880k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.