ITC TAMIL CENTRE

Registered charity 1181972 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ITC Tamil centre was formed to advance the rich heritage of the Tamil culture through an education programme to all the communities particularly to the younger people. It does this by organising regular classes in Tamil language, music and dance, by providing public performances and workshops, by celebrating cultural festivals. It also provides recreational and sports activities.

Objects

1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR, YOUNG PEOPLE, WITHIN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES AND ITS ENVIRONS IN TAMIL CULTURE AND ITS LANGUAGE, ARTS AND HERITAGE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION AND CO-ORDINATION OF WORKSHOPS, COURSES AND EVENTS AND LANGUAGE CLASSES.2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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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Registered contact address: Kingston upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£57k

Latest spending

£57k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £52,308 as of 31 July 2025, with the charity reporting a net income surplus of £691 for the year. The trustees confirm that these funds are held to cover ongoing operational costs and potential winding-down liabilities in line with their reserves policy. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified in the independent examiner's report.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate reserves for working capital purposes and has sufficient funds to meet contractual liabilities and winding down costs (reserves figure: £52k)

“The main aim of the Trustees is to ensure that ITC Tamil Centre holds adequate reserves for working capital purposes and has sufficient funds to meet contractual liabilities and winding down costs, were the organisation to close.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

Volunteers: 24

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

Volunteers: 27

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 23

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Nagamany Veerasingham Kuralarasuchair
ARUMUGAM GANGESWARAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Balasingham Ravindran
Dr Pirabakaran Navaratnam · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr VIVEKANANDAN PONNAMPALAM
KANAGASABAI ILANKOVAN
Kanagasabai Sriskanthaverl
MAHESWARAN SHANKAR · trustee of 1 other charity
Naganathan Nagendra
Ramanan Mangalajeyanathan
SARAVANAMUTTHU BALENDRAN
Satheesan Paramalingam
Seevaratnam Jegandan
Sinnathamby Velkrishna

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£57k	£57k
31/07/2024	£77k	£71k
31/03/2023	£41k	£37k
31/03/2022	£28k	£25k
31/03/2021	£22k	£16k

Common questions

Is ITC TAMIL CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £52,308 as of 31 July 2025, with the charity reporting a net income surplus of £691 for the year. The trustees confirm that these funds are held to cover ongoing operational costs and potential winding-down liabilities in line with their reserves policy. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified in the independent examiner's report. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

LONDON TAMIL CENTRE income £76k
TAMIL MUSLIM COMMUNITY BIRMINGHAM income £246k
MEDICAL INSTITUTE OF TAMILS income £131k
THE LONDON TAMIL SANGAM income £89k
Tamil School Hendon income £36k
CITY BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTRE TRUST income £87k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ITC TAMIL CENTRE	£57k	—	above	—	no doubt
LONDON TAMIL CENTRE FY2025	£76k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TAMIL MUSLIM COMMUNITY BIRMINGHAM FY2025	£246k	—	above	—	no doubt
MEDICAL INSTITUTE OF TAMILS FY2024	£131k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LONDON TAMIL SANGAM FY2025	£89k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Tamil School Hendon FY2025	£36k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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