TAMIL ARTS & CULTURE SCHOOL (TACS WALES)

Registered charity 1139866 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PORT TALBOTSOUTH WALES

Objects

4. THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE TACS WALES SHALL BE:(I) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE RUNNING OF A SCHOOL AND EDUCATING IN THE TAMIL LANGUAGE, CULTURE, HISTORY, MUSIC, DANCE, DRAMA AND OTHER FORMS OF TRADITIONAL ARTS.(II) TO ADVANCE THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TAMIL ARTS AND CULTURE WITHIN THE TAMIL COMMUNITY, IN WALES AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM.(III) TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PLAYING OF HEALTHY SPORTS AND THROUGH RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES AND SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.(IV) TO PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TAMIL COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS (AND THROUGH INTER-CULTURAL AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES); AND ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS WITHIN THE TAMIL COMMUNITY AND OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS.

Area of benefit: IN WALES AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports total unrestricted funds of £52,089, an increase from £47,073 in the previous year. Net incoming resources for the period were £5,016, with total incoming resources of £48,385 against total resources expended of £43,369. The balance sheet shows net current assets of £52,089 and total creditors due within one year of £9,295.

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 2 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
• 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
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• Paying staff
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ratheesan Kathalingam
• SENTHILRUPAN PARARAJASINGAM
• Samantha Karan
• Satheesh Arumugam

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

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Government & lottery funding

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