AROBANAM CHILDREN FUND

Registered charity 1082803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide both urgent humanitarian relief, long-term rehabilitation for less fortunate children who have lost one or both parents mainly in the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka, including those who have been displaced to Southern India as as consequence of the 25 year civil war. Further, to advance the education of children in these areas by the provision of schooling and training.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE, INCLUDING TAMILS IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PROVINCES OF SRI LANKA WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED AS A RESULT OF CONFLICTS AND NATURAL DISASTERS. (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN, INCLUDING TAMIL CHILDREN IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PROVINCES OF SRI LANKA, IN PARTICULAR IN THE AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY, BY THE PROVISION OF, AND SUPPORT TO PURCHASE, MATERIALS NECESSARY FOR SCHOOLING AND TRAINING.

Area of benefit: NORTHERN AND EASTERN PROVINCES OF SRI LANKA

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £141,941 at the end of the year, resulting in a net income of £23,175. The trustees report that they are satisfied with the financial performance and believe that maintaining reserves at current levels provides sufficient resources. The charity's stated policy is to limit unrestricted funds to £500, a target significantly below the actual held reserves.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses 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 31/12/2022 (received 26/02/2024, 118 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Arobanam Children Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• KANAGASUNDRAM PRINCE
• MITHILA ROLLINGS-KAMARA
• Mahmoud Rollings-Kamara
• SUBANGI BALASUBRAMANIAM
• THENUKA PRINCE
• VARATHAN THIAGARASA
• YOGESWARY THEDSHANAMOORTHY

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

Operates in: India · Sri Lanka

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SERENDIP CHILDREN'S HOME.

• SERENDIP CHILDREN'S HOME income £167k
• EXTRA COVER SRI LANKA income £95k
• THE TAMIL ORPHANS TRUST income £48k
• SIVAN ARUL- HUMANITY income £245k
• THE LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM (REED'S SCHOOL) income £29.6m
• ONE CHILD FOUNDATION (SRI LANKA) LTD income £131k

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