UNITED KINGDOM KNANAYA CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1135189 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UKKCA

THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF THE (KNANAYA) CATHOLIC CHURCHTHE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO THE AREA OF FAMILY UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WITH A VIEW TO IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO, THE FULFILMENT OF SOCIAL AND WELFARE NEEDS.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF THE (KNANAYA) CATHOLIC CHURCH2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO THE AREA OF FAMILY UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT. 3. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WITH A VIEW TO IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO, THE FULFILMENT OF SOCIAL AND WELFARE NEEDS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets stood at £1,199,057.54 as of 31st March 2025, with unrestricted funds of £1,191,140.29. The filing notes a net deficit for the year, reducing unrestricted funds from £1,232,516.29 at the start of the period. Cash reserves decreased significantly to £40,333.77, while fixed assets increased to £1,211,746.84.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (73% 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: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abraham Felix
• Anoop Alex
• Cyril Philip
• Joby Joseph Narakathilamkunnel
• Leenumol Abraham
• Mathukutty John
• Siby Thomas

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).