SERENDIP CHILDREN'S HOME

Registered charity 1133461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCH

We are committed to empowering vulnerable and marginalised individuals in Sri Lanka. We provide vital support through various initiatives, including: educational empowerment, youth development, women's empowerment, elderly care, and community support. By addressing the root causes of poverty and inequality, we work towards a more just and equitable future for Sri Lanka.

Objects

The relief of people in need throughout the North, East, and Central regions of Sri Lanka, particularly, but not exclusively, children, by:The relief of poverty, sickness, and hardship;The preservation and protection of good health;The advancement of education.In furtherance of these objects, the charity will deliver support through various community-based projects, including education, health, and welfare initiatives aimed at improving the well-being of vulnerable children, widows, elders, and marginalised individuals.

Area of benefit: JAFFNA REGION OF SRI LANKA,

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lewisham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £8,065 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £146,148. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Serendip Children's Home (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Trisha Thevika Williamsonchair
• Dr Edwin Selvaratnam
• NIRESH RAJAH
• PETER CARROLL
• Vanathy Niranjan

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

Operates in: Croydon · Sri Lanka

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPARKES HOME, SRI LANKA.

• SPARKES HOME, SRI LANKA income £31k
• ONE CHILD FOUNDATION (SRI LANKA) LTD income £131k
• KARUVI (SRDA) - UK income £27k
• AROBANAM CHILDREN FUND income £89k
• EXTRA COVER SRI LANKA income £95k
• OUR SOCIETY UNITED KINGDOM income £59k

Side by side with its peers

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