ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNDERPRIVILEGED

Registered charity 1142552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AEDU.UK CHARITABLE TRUST

we are mainly a donor organisation, providing sponsors, for the foster care project, administered by local AEDU units in Sri Lanka. It is devoted to the education and holistic development of orphans and other children traumatised and impoverished by the civil war. In targeting affected children, we also enable the build up of family units by placing disadvantaged children with foster families.

Objects

2.1 To relieve the financial hardship of children and youth by reason of loss of parents and/or guardians in Sri Lanka.2.2 To advance the education of such disadvantaged children and youth.2.3 To provide youth with vocational education and training to acquire skills to earn a living.

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports total unrestricted income of £74,867 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted cash reserves of £12,366 at year-end. The trustees state that reserve funds are held to maintain payments to children without interruption to their studies and to meet unforeseen family circumstances. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no material issues.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ARUMUGAM GANGESWARAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr AMIRTHALINGAM BAHEETHARAN
• Dr SUBATHRA POOPALASUNDARAM
• Gowrishankar Krishnananthasivam
• MAHESWARAN SHANKAR · trustee of 1 other charity
• PARAMASAMY SOMASUNTHARAM
• SAMBAVI SATHIYAMOORTHY
• SANGARAVEL SHANKAR
• Somasundram Satkunanathan · trustee of 1 other charity
• THAMBIRAJAH ALAGESWARARAJAH
• THENUKA JEGATHEESWARAM PILLAI
• Thuraiappah Skanthakumar

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

Operates in: Sri Lanka

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• INTER-BUILD AID income £6k
• FORWARD AFRICA EDUCATION TRUST income £50k
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• SERENDIP CHILDREN'S HOME income £167k
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• FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION income £30k

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