Friends of Vellore UK

Registered charity 209168 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF VELLORE (IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND)

Support for Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India and hospitals working in partnership with CMC Vellore. Friends of Vellore UK seek to help CMC to ensure that everyone can receive appropriate medical treatment regardless of their ability to pay. We raise funds to support healthcare, education and development projects that benefit the poorest and most excluded communities.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £371,847 and incurred total expenditure of £389,928, resulting in a net movement in funds of £39,095 after investment gains. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £16,689 at the year end, with the trustees considering existing levels of reserves adequate to meet financial obligations for the next 12 to 18 months.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Vellore UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Revise Radiology — “We would like to especially acknowledge the generous support of the following trusts, foundations, and companies who help make our work poss…” (source page)
• James Grace Trust — “We would like to especially acknowledge the generous support of the following trusts, foundations, and companies who help make our work poss…” (source page)
• The Guirdham Trust for India — “We would like to especially acknowledge the generous support of the following trusts, foundations, and companies who help make our work poss…” (source page)
• Steyn Charitable Trust — “We would like to especially acknowledge the generous support of the following trusts, foundations, and companies who help make our work poss…” (source page)
• The Roger and Jean Jefcoate Trust — “We would like to especially acknowledge the generous support of the following trusts, foundations, and companies who help make our work poss…” (source page)
• Benefact Group — “We would like to especially acknowledge the generous support of the following trusts, foundations, and companies who help make our work poss…” (source page)
• The Oak Trust — “We would like to especially acknowledge the generous support of the following trusts, foundations, and companies who help make our work poss…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Thomas Benjamin Pulimoodchair
• Dayalan Clarke
• Dr JOHNSON THAMARATHU SAMUEL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Saji Alexander
• Dr Susan Das
• Hugh Patrick Skeil
• LADY DR ARABELLA ONSLOW
• Professor Michael Robert Burch Keighley
• Richard Rajamanickam BA

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

Operates in: India · Scotland

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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 MEDICAL INSTITUTE OF TAMILS.

• MEDICAL INSTITUTE OF TAMILS income £131k
• NEW INDIA CHURCH OF GOD (UK) income £191k
• FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF ORISSA income £129k
• FRIENDS OF CHARITY INTERNATIONAL income £121k
• ST JUDE INDIA CHILDCARE CENTRES UNITED KINGDOM (SJICC UK) income £238k
• WORLD MEDICAL FUND income £154k

Side by side with its peers

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