SUPPORTING DALIT CHILDREN

Registered charity 1125102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting Dalit Children funds the education and medical expenses of Dalit ('untouchable') children. We also fund social projects to help Dalit children and their families. The charity is run voluntarily, there are no salaries. All donations are sent directly to the schools, university and health centre.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF DALIT CHILDREN LIVING IN KARNATAKA, SOUTHERN INDIA BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF DALIT CHILDREN LIVING IN KARNATAKA, SOUTHERN INDIA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDING TOWARDS THEIR LIVING EXPENSES.

Area of benefit: SOUTHERN INDIA

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£172k
Latest spending
£172k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total funds carried forward are zero, having expended all incoming resources on charitable activities and fundraising support costs during the year. The trustees report that they fund day-to-day office expenses and travel to keep total expenses minimal, noting that total expenses for the year were £4,400.70. Per the trustees' report, the charity has completed 18 years of operation and continues to support schools and village outreach projects in India.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% of income)
“Donations and legacies 151,264”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD -”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Supporting Dalit Children (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£172k£172k
31/12/2024£191k£191k
31/12/2023£183k£180k
31/12/2022£134k£134k
31/12/2021£168k£168k

Common questions

Is SUPPORTING DALIT CHILDREN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's total funds carried forward are zero, having expended all incoming resources on charitable activities and fundraising support costs during the year. The trustees report that they fund day-to-day office expenses and travel to keep total expenses minimal, noting that total expenses for the year were £4,400.70. Per the trustees' report, the charity has completed 18 years of operation and continues to support schools and village outreach projects in India. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SUPPORTING DALIT CHILDREN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUPPORTING DALIT CHILDREN as a grant recipient include THE 3 TS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARCHER TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE 3 TS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£45k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£3kCharitable activities
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2022£2kSponsors work among the poorest of the poor in Karnataka in southern India, providing education, accommodation and nourishment to children and encouraging women

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CH FOUNDATION (UK)1£21.2m
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k
THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DARUL ATFAAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUPPORTING DALIT CHILDREN£172k—0below—no doubt
DARUL ATFAAL FY2025£216k—0unclear—no doubt
DALIT SOLIDARITY NETWORK UK FY2025£43k—0unclear—no doubt
MIGRANT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FY2025£43k—0unclear—no doubt
THE KAILASH SATYARTHI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FY2025£69k—0unclear—no doubt
DARJEELING CHILDREN'S TRUST FY2025£116k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.