DARJEELING CHILDREN'S TRUST

Registered charity 1143109 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D.C.T.

Advancing the education and preserving and protecting the health of the children and young people of Darjeeling throughsponsoring children into better education and young people into vocational training, improving conditions in schools and supporting the improvement of living conditions in two orphanages.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF DARJEELING THROUGH THE PROVISION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION FACILITIES, THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS AND THROUGH SPONSORSHIP.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts were £116,240 against payments of £95,530, resulting in a positive net cash flow. The charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £144,066, which is well above its stated reserves policy target of £7,500. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue delivering projects into the foreseeable future.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Jennifer Ann Owenchair
• Dr Jennifer Petra Bentley
• HUGH HERON
• Hsi Shing Wong
• Katie Hannah Williams
• Matthew Alec Emile Morpurgo
• Matthew Houghton
• Rupesh Pradhan
• SHARAN PATEL
• Tshering Huber

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

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