SJC87 INITIATIVE UK

Registered charity 1191947 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's main aims are to promote and provide for the advancement of education, Tamil culture, the physical and mental health of children, and the relief of poverty through the provision of grants to suitable institutions and individuals in the UK and abroad. To meet its objectives the charity continued to make maintenance grants to qualifying institutions and individuals.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(I) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, YOUNG TAMILS, IN LONDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIP, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS. (II) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING GRANTS OR LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.(III) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE TAMIL CULTURE INCLUDING ITS LANGUAGE AND TRADITIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. (IV) TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, PHYSICAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY OF STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL AND SUPPORT FACILITIES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING GRANTS OR LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £2,754 for the year ended 31 December 2024, bringing total unrestricted funds to £10,086. The trustees consider the ideal level of reserves to be three months of resources expended, noting that the charity operates as a grant-giving entity with a policy to distribute income arising in each financial year. The trustees concluded that there are no material uncertainties 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.

• Investment
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12743725

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• THURAIRATNAM, Sudarshan — director, appointed 15/07/2020not on trustee list
• MOHANAVEL, Thangarajah — director, appointed 15/07/2020on trustee list
• SATYENDIRA, Sanmugam — director, appointed 15/07/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• THURAIRATNAM SUDARSHANchair
• Sanmugam Satyendira
• Thangarajah Mohanavel

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

Operates in: Sri Lanka · Throughout England

Income and spending

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