THE TAMIL ORPHANS TRUST

Registered charity 327809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Assist Tamil orphans in Sri Lanka by providing food, shelter, clothing and education through established orphanages in the North and East of Sri Lanka.

Objects

RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF TAMIL CHILDREN ORPHANED AS A RESULT OF THE CIVIL DISTURBANCES IN SRI LANKA.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £39,978.62, resulting in zero unrestricted reserves. The trustees' report indicates a policy to maintain minimal reserves as funds are applied directly to charitable activities, and notes that a large donation resulted in a surplus which was utilized to cover the deficit.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• JEGATHKUMAR KANDASAMYchair
• ABIRAMI RAMANATHAN
• AMIRTHANATHAR EDWARD AMALANATHAN
• ANU KANDASAMY
• SOMASUNDARAM INDRAKUMAR
• VASANTHARANY THEIVENDRAM

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

Operates in: Sri Lanka · Throughout London

Income and spending

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