THE AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION UK

Registered charity 1117756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Akshaya Patra UK's vision is a world where no child is deprived of education because of poverty and hunger. The charity supports the provision of nutritious daily meals to more than 2 million children in schools across India, as well as directly serving meals to disadvantaged children and their communities in the UK.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 10% to £1,355,220, reversing previous trends, while total expenditure decreased by 16% to £1,237,879, resulting in a net surplus of £117,341. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £519,874, which the Trustees consider sufficient to cover five months of operating costs, falling within their stated policy target of three to six months. The Trustees and auditor confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Akshaya Patra UK (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• WAYNE MCARDLEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bhawani Singh Shekhawat · trustee of 1 other charity
• Chandra Shekar Srirangapatnam
• Gauri Goel
• Madhusudan Sivasankar
• Mark Mallender
• Monica Sah
• Prithvi Raj Thukral
• Seema Hill · trustee of 3 other charities
• Shridhar Venkat

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

Operates in: India · Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Bhawani Singh Shekhawat — trustee here and at ELARA FOUNDATION

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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