SOUTHWEST LONDON TAMIL KALVIKOODAM

Registered charity 1154077 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Teach Tamil language and Western and Eastern fine arts studies and conducting seminars.Assist students in key subjects and technology, and coach them in SATs exams.Assist students in National curriculum highlevel studies and finding universities.Teach English language and technology to refugees in particular parents.Improve employability in the community through conducting job seminars.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN SOUTH WEST LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY:(I) TEACHING TAMIL LANGUAGE, HINDU CULTURE, TAMIL DANCE, TAMIL DRAMA AND LITERATURE AND KARNATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS/VOCAL;(II) ASSISTING STUDENTS IN KEY SUBJECTS; AND(III) TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE, TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER SKILLS TO REFUGEES IN PARTICULAR TAMIL SPEAKING PEOPLE.

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 · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£82k
Latest spending
£95k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £13,845 for the year ended 31 January 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £44,568 to £30,723. The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong position to continue its activities and have confirmed that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations. The charity is not registered for VAT, which inflates its reported expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months' of operating costs (reserves figure: £31k)
“The Trustees are adopting a policy to hold four months' of operating costs in reserve from this year.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2024

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2023

  • Volunteers: 65

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/01/2023 (received 06/12/2023, 6 days after the 30/11/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Merton · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£82k£95k
31/01/2024£68k£66k
31/01/2023£62k£59k
31/01/2022£44k£40k
31/01/2021£25k£27k

Common questions

Is SOUTHWEST LONDON TAMIL KALVIKOODAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £13,845 for the year ended 31 January 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £44,568 to £30,723. The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong position to continue its activities and have confirmed that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations. The charity is not registered for VAT, which inflates its reported expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL1£28k
THE AA TRUST1£9k
SHELLIX CO LIMITED1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST LONDON TAMIL SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTHWEST LONDON TAMIL KALVIKOODAM£82k—0unclear—no doubt
WEST LONDON TAMIL SCHOOL FY2025£65k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH LONDON TAMIL WELFARE GROUP FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON TAMIL SANGAM FY2025£89k—0unclear—no doubt
COVENTRY TAMIL WELFARE ASSOCIATION FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt
SALFORD TALMUDIC ASSOCIATION LTD FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt

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