THE TEA LEAF TRUST

Registered charity 1123427 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide education to disadvantaged Tamil, Sinhalese and Muslim communities that will improve their quality of life and stimulate/promote community cohesion through shared educational resources (where possible). We do this through teaching professional English language (reading and written). We also provide emotional health programmes to educate people about how to improve their mental health.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING ANYWHERE IN SRI LANKA BUT PARTICULARLY IN TEA PLANTATION DISTRICTS BY:ASSISTING PEOPLE TO OBTAIN AND RETAIN EMPLOYMENT THROUGH TRAINING, IMPARTING SKILLS, EDUCATION, AND CREATION OF OPPORTUNITY;HELPING PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME OR IN POVERTY REGARDLESS OF THEIR RELIGION, CULTURE, GENDER OR PERSONAL SITUATIONS;ASSISTING IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WILL PROVIDE SHELTER AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LOCAL PEOPLE FOR ENHANCEMENT OF THEIR EDUCATION, AND OF THEIR STANDARD OF LIFE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, TRADE, WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION; ANDANY OTHER ACTIVITIES NECESSARY FOR OR ANCILLARY TO THE FOREGOING OBJECTS.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Tea Leaf Trust raised £249,010 in income for the year ended 2025, with total expenditure of £219,581, resulting in a surplus. The charity maintains reserves within its stated policy of holding three months' salaries for local staff, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified that would impact the financial position.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tea Leaf Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caoimhe Ni Eochagainchair
• DR YASMENE SHAH PHD
• Douglas Edward Shook
• Naresh Mohan Sundaram
• Naveen Arjuna Supramaniam

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

Operates in: Sri Lanka

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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• THE LONDON TAMIL SANGAM income £89k
• TAMIL MUSLIM COMMUNITY BIRMINGHAM income £246k
• THAI CHILDREN FOUNDATION income £7k
• SOUTHWEST LONDON TAMIL KALVIKOODAM income £82k
• RARE CHARITY income £97k
• Afro-Asia Welfare Trust income £175k

Side by side with its peers

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