LOTUS CARING HANDS

Registered charity 1132258 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LCH

Lotus Caring Hands (LCH) developed its core values based on improving awareness through providing easy access to education not just limited to academic qualification but also hands-on experience to gaining confidence and allow the participants to easily engage in employments.

Objects

'THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC,PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOSTUDENTS"

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,269 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £41,438 to £35,169. Per the trustees' report, the charity faced ongoing challenges in fundraising and resource availability but remained committed to its mission. The unrestricted funds are in a deficit position of £1,407, while restricted funds remain at £36,576.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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)

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 16/12/2024, 320 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 31/03/2023, 59 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 31/03/2023, 424 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR THAVA THAVARAJchair
• Balasundaran Muraleetharan
• MR AHILAN AHILESWARAN
• SHAN MYLVAGANAM
• Saimaruhan Paramaraksagapalan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sivaloganathan Jehan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Uma Lukshmi Sunthararajan

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

Operates in: Sri Lanka · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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