HIMALAYAN CHILDREN

Registered charity 1146569 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of children in Ladakh, North West India whose parents are not able to support the cost of their education and social needs by providing sponsorship and financial assistance.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN LADAKH, NORTH WEST INDIA WHOSE PARENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT THE COST OF THEIR EDUCATION AND SOCIAL NEEDS BY PROVIDING SPONSORSHIP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

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

Causes: Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased by just under £7,000 to £92,763 at the end of the year. The trustees report no concerns regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Internal charity financial controls 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 expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Himalayan Children (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Taunton Vale Inner Wheel — “The Taunton Vale Inner Wheel recently donated £1,000 as sponsorship for the two young girls in Ladakh supporting them in their education fo…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• GAIL MCALLISTER-YOUNGchair
• GILLIAN ISLIP
• Juliette Beard
• ailene vera brooks

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

Operates in: India · Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH.

• CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH income £118k
• THE HIMALAYAN TRUST UK CIO income £263k
• HIMALAYAN LITERACY AND EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND income £24k
• MAULANA HUSSAIN AHMED MADNI EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £111k
• THE RAHULA TRUST income £146k
• LEHATZLIACH (HELPING EVERY CHILD SUCCEED) income £53k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.