WATFORD VELMURUGAN TRUST (WVMT UK)

Registered charity 1174203 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious activities including community service.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE HINDU RELIGION IN WATFORD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON HINDU RELIGION TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE SAID RELIGION.2. THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN PARTICULAR BY THE SUPPLY OF MEDICAL AID TO SUCH PERSONS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust managed a net profit of £24,546 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £30,290. The trustees report that the Trust is currently focused on securing a permanent home for the Temple, having operated at temporary premises since February 2019. The financial review notes that the work is entirely supported through public donations and member contributions.

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
• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dharmarajen Vencatasawmy
• Markandu Vimalaraj
• Senthuren Sathiyabalasingam
• Shanmugaratnam Nisanthan
• Vinusha Ravanam

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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