THE LONDON TAMIL SANGAM

Registered charity 1097724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LONDON TAMIL SANGAM LIMITED

The LTS organises numerous activities and facilitates courses to integrate into British way of life and enhancing community cohesion. Advisory and physical activities through Community Prescription (CCG-NHS), English tuition for Adults, Asian Dress making course, Keep Fit exercise course, Tamil Language school, Elders Luncheon Club, library and Warm Centre for vulnerable adults in the community.

Objects

FOR PERSONS OF TAMIL ORIGIN IN LONDON TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR IN THE TAMIL LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND HISTORY; TO RELIEVE POVERTY; TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID PERSONS; AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £16,913 for the year ended 31st March 2025, improving upon the previous year's deficit. The Council reports that the financial position was satisfactory and expects improvement in the foreseeable future. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £84,995, supported by significant restricted capital grant 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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The London Tamil Sangam (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chelliah MURUGESAN
• Gopikrishna Govindarajan
• Krishna Kumar Somasundaram
• LEELA RADHAKRISHNAN
• MURUGA PRAKASH CHINNIYAN
• Nageshwari MOORTHY
• PRATHAP GIRI APPAVU
• Rajesh SIVAGURUNATHAN
• Rajmohan RAMADASS
• SANKARANARAYANAN RAGAVAN
• SELVAMOHAN PAVADAISAMY
• SETHURAJAN BALASUBRAMANIAN
• Shanmugha Sundaram Subramani
• UTHAYA KUMARAN ARUMUGAM
• VETRIVEL RAMASAMY
• Vijayamurugan SOORIYAMOORTHY

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

Operates in: Newham

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Government & lottery funding

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