ONE KIND ACT

Registered charity 1160116 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OKA

OKA has undertaken work to alleviate poverty & hunger, protection of health and advancement of education. In awarding grants we have regard of the Charity Commission?s general guidance and the trustees ensure that the grants we provide are in line with our charitable objectives. Our aim is to improve standard of living in the areas where we work.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND / OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £217,537 at year-end, which the trustees consider below their stated policy target of six to twelve months of anticipated operating expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £22,379, driven by grant giving of £766,919 against total income of £857,416. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Summix — “THANK YOU TO OUR GOLD SPONSORS, SUMMIX AND INVESTEC, FOR HELPING US IN PUTTING ON THIS WORTHWHILE FUNDRAISER.” (source page)
• Investec — “THANK YOU TO OUR GOLD SPONSORS, SUMMIX AND INVESTEC, FOR HELPING US IN PUTTING ON THIS WORTHWHILE FUNDRAISER.” (source page)
• Pyramid Pharmacy Group — “Pyramid Pharmacy Group will sponsor the event, ensuring every penny raised including through your ticket sales will go to those less fortuna…” (source page)
• FCI London — “Through FCI's fantastic fundraising efforts, OKA have made the following grants on their behalf to YUVA Unstoppable as follows:” (source page)
• B&S Group — “Through amazing donations made by B&S Group, OKA have made the following grants on their behalf to YUVA Unstoppable as follows:” (source page)
• Brinda Jaykant Shah Foundation — “Through its kind and generous donations, the Foundation has contributed hugely towards the following projects supported by One Kind Act:” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SHAMIT MALHOTRAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Annapurna Shah
• Kaushik Shah · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mona Bhogal
• NOREEN SUMRA
• Rita Soni

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AKO FOUNDATION.

• AKO FOUNDATION income £70.2m
• THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION income £1.2m
• ORGANICARTS income £73k
• JOCK'S INFLUENCE LIMITED income £0
• SOMETHING IN KENT income £144k
• THE OAKLEA TRUST income £10.7m

Side by side with its peers

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