COVENTRY TAMIL WELFARE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1093924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CTWA

Conducting classes to the children of the Multi-Faith Tamil Community in Tamil Language, Key Stage subjects, Cultural subjects such as Bharatanatiyam, Kucchipudi, Mirdangam, Veena, Violin, Carnatic Music, Key Board etc. We are also involved in promoting the Tamil Culture and intergrating the Tamils who have come to the UK as refugees into the mainstream society seemlessly.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING ARE (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) IN THE TAMIL LANGUAGE, MUSIC, DANCE AND CULTURE BY (A) OPERATING A SCHOOL AND (B) PROMOTING CULTURAL PERFORMANCES AND OTHER SOCIAL EVENTS;2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, HOUSING, FOOD, CLOTHING AND OTHER GOODS AND SUPPORT CALCULATED TO RELIEVE SUCH NEED.

Area of benefit: COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Coventry, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a net surplus of £3,583.67 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income and expenditure both amounting to £57,977.38. However, the balance sheet shows total liabilities of £13,168.04 against assets of £6,709.03, resulting in a net deficit of £6,459.01, which is largely attributed to a loan from Mr. Ariyaratnam of £11,668.04.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 03/04/2026, 62 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 14/05/2025, 103 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 14/05/2025, 469 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• St Antony's College Alumni Association of Europe (SACKAAEU) — “St Antony's College Alumni Association of Europe (SACKAAEU) - Registered charity in England & Wales in the UK, proudly sponsors the film "Or…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• KANDIAH ARIYARATNAMchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• JEYASREE RATNAM
• Kavitha JEYAKANTHAN
• PAHEERATHAN SRINATHAN
• PONMANI CHINNASAMY VEEMAN JAI GANESH
• RAVEENDRAN VALLI
• Srinivasa MUTHUKRISHNAN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Warwickshire

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Charities like this

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

• LONDON TAMIL CENTRE income £76k
• SOUTHWEST LONDON TAMIL KALVIKOODAM income £82k
• TAMIL ASSOCIATION OF BRENT income £48k
• THE COVENTRY MUSLIM SWAHILI ASSOCIATION income £43k
• WEST LONDON TAMIL SCHOOL income £65k
• THE LONDON TAMIL SANGAM income £89k

Side by side with its peers

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