THE LOTUS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1111306 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve suffering amongst orphaned children and those children experiencing hardship for whatever reason. To promote and protect the physical and mental wellbeing of children and to help to improve the standard and quality of their lives.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS, PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ORPHANED CHILDREN AND THOSE CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM HARDSHIP FOR WHATEVER REASON BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EQUIPMENT, ACCOMMODATION AND SUCH OTHER SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DEEM NECESSARY.2) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.3) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: SRI LANKA

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £53,166, an increase from £17,106 in the prior year, supported by total income of £447,204. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations. The charity had no employees and incurred no staff costs during the financial year.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Investment
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05347277

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.

• THAYAN, Raphaelle — director, appointed 14/09/2025on trustee list
• THAYAN, Cameron Dyer — director, appointed 01/06/2020on trustee list
• THAYAN, Ewan Dyer — director, appointed 01/06/2020on trustee list
• JARVIS, Ian Stuart — director, appointed 05/08/2013on trustee list
• THAYANANDARAJAH, Velummayilum — director, appointed 31/01/2005on trustee list
• THAYANANDARAJAH, Sumithra Chandrakanthi — director, appointed 31/01/2005on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cameron Thayan
• Ewan Thayan
• Garry Toy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Jarvis
• RAPHAELLE THAYAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• SUMITHRA CHANDRAKANTHI THAYANANDARAJAH
• Suranga Dissanayake · trustee of 1 other charity
• Velummayilum Thayanandarajah · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Sri Lanka · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST.

• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
• THE CHILDHOOD TRUST income £3.3m
• LOTUS STRAY RESCUE income £34k
• THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST income £148k
• THE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION LIMITED income £563k
• THE LOFTHOUSE FOUNDATION income £82.3m

Side by side with its peers

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