SHIVIA

Registered charity 1126444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHIVIA MICROFINANCE

The relief of need in areas of social and economic deprivation in India, by the provision of financial and technical assistance and the advancement of education and training.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £803,146 to £706,833 due to a net expenditure of £96,312, driven by charitable activities exceeding incoming resources. The trustees' reserves policy targets 6-9 months of operating costs (approx. £332,000), and the actual unrestricted reserves of £516,429 remain above this target despite the deficit.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06596925

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shivia (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• T&J Meyer Family Foundation — “Our programmes in Madagascar are funded by the T&J Meyer Family Foundation.” (source page)
• Artemis Charitable Foundation — “"The work Shivia does is simple and yet so life-changing, we’re thrilled to have been part of the charity’s growth story and hope to partner…” (source page)
• Alquity — “Alquity supports Shivia because they transform lives by giving people the opportunity to do things themselves and they do it with dignity. S…” (source page)
• Bretom — “It has been a pleasure to help shine a light on the inspirational work that Shivia does. The team’s passion and determination to make a last…” (source page)

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.

• CHARUMATHI RAJA, Charumathi Raja — director, appointed 17/08/2026not on trustee list
• SLINN, Jane — director, appointed 23/06/2026on trustee list
• GOKAL, Aditya Nitin — director, appointed 02/11/2022on trustee list
• KURUP, Prakash Divaker — director, appointed 12/08/2022on trustee list
• WARING, David — director, appointed 19/12/2019on trustee list
• SINGH, Narind Pratap — director, appointed 10/01/2019on trustee list
• HILTON, Yasmine, Dr — director, appointed 05/05/2017on trustee list
• NESLEN, Timothy — director, appointed 09/09/2009not on trustee list
• BELCHER, Olivia May — director, appointed 19/05/2008on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~15.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% 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: 4.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Yasmine Hiltonchair
• Aditya Nitin Gokal
• Charumathi Raja
• David Waring
• Jane Slinn
• Narind Pratap Singh
• Olivia Belcher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Prakash Divaker Kurup
• TIMOTHY NELSEN

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHIVA TRUST.

• SHIVA TRUST income £117k
• THE SIVA TRUST LTD income £184k
• SIVA CHARITABLE FUND income £846k
• THE TIKVAH TRUST income £196k
• SIVAYOGAM income £662k
• SIKH RELIEF income £178k

Side by side with its peers

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