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THE LONDON T rn 31 MAR H 2•25 ABll)IN & CO PANY h•rt¢r ¥nts•

THE LO NTE Rewi of the Council R¢port of Independent Examiners Balance Sheet Notes the Fina￿la] StatMKnts 12. D¢tsiled In￿e and Expenditure Account

G•r￿e¢ & a C MPANY i MEMBERS OF THE COUN Uthayakumam Anllnugam (Prcsident) Sethurnjan Ba188ubramanian (Vice President) Vijayamuru8an s￿riya￿￿K)rthY (Vice Pr¢sid¢nt} Krishna Kumar Som8sundaram (SwT¢tsry) Lttla Rad1￿￿ (knt See•) ShanmughR SuDdar8m SubraDJ80i (Assi Secretsry) Nag¢shwaTi Moorthy (Treasurer) Gopikristma Govindarnjan (A36t Tre￿Ul￿r) Vetrivel Ram85amy Rajesh Sivagurunathan MutU8esan Chdliah Rajmohon Ramadass S¢thuraman Seeni Selvamohan Pavadais￿lY Murn8A Prakash Chinn•iyan Sankarnarayanan Rapvan PrBthap Gin Appavu Mrs. Val8rnuthi DI￿￿PaI (Apw)int¢d) Mr. The London Tamil San8am 369 High Street North Manor Park E12 6PG MPA 657373 (Regi#cTra in England and WaleB) MPAI4Y 1097724 UNTA Abidin & Companyi Chartered Attountants 112A North Street Homchurch Essex RMII ISU BANKERS: National Westmlnster Bank PIC 37 Hi8h Street North East Ham London E6 IHR

LONDON T Aco rAtte & a 31 MAR H2 The Council Memkas of Th¢ IA)rykni Tamil San8wn (The LTS) ore pleas¢d to present their Annual R¢￿t alongside the FID￿￿)￿1 Ststtm¢rt for the year etiditi8 31ll March 2n25. The accounting perithl 20￿2025 has tten a pivotsl ch4tr in r￿M)UrneY. f(ycwd on reestablishing fJDancial #ability and enbanciA8 our public pwfil¢. Our cl￿11 Membern W0￿ed diligenily to wiite the COTnmuntty logetbcr throuBh a series of thiti&tsv¢s and $￿esIc The Pon8al Festival celebrated at Redivid8e Town Hilt and well￿me0 over (W wmmvnity ¢mbets. This rellwkthl¢ su¢¢¢ss w8s the le￿]h of coorditt&ted efforts by Tbe LTS Coun¢il M¢mbers and vo]untery wl¥> implemented a dyn￿￿¢ Jtr•tegy to m￿lMize &ttethe and fomer unity among the commuwties of Greater imkn. During school terni time, The LTS Jrowlly its BathDinto]J Club ot Plasbel School. marking 8 new ¢h4Pter iti prOM￿lD8 physical I￿1Vity and sprtsmathp Jrrw youth And ￿￿]1 This initsative is part of ourbrnler Divisirn wat¢gy. The LTS s￿￿¢88fi￿IY revi¢wed aDd pinted Year 3 se¢ond revision Tajnil ts%tbook4 ¢rAbonciD8 edu¢ational quality. The ￿(b￿k serie& all￿￿d with the Tamil GCSE syllabu¥. 1$ widely used across our LTS 8¢hool branches 8t)d OUT affiliated sclKJol$ acr￿ UK. ID res5MMS¢ to WWlDg demond. 4dditiotuE ¢opics from Found&tion to YeaT 4 has beett printed for thc next a¢Ademic year. Th¢ LTS rema￿ ¢rnUnlt￿d to ext￿￿8 I¢￿knk developnthi aryl strengthening Tomil IAll8ua8e ¢th￿￿lun. The LTS has introduced qu•rterly Health AWareT￿ Swions to FYomot¢ weUbetn8 aJMI emPOWff our community with expert guidance. Lul by mNiiul pmfc8sional4 these stssions offcr prHLli¢al in8igh¢4 will cotttinue Tryulrty to 8upwI healthier. inforn)ed lift8ty1#. The LTS or8Anizd ￿reat1(￿l and to H￿ings {Suss¢xl. offerin8 famiiics snd indiYidual$ a refreshing opFK¥fwity to CODibe¢L explo￿ ttkbratc T•Dil h¢ritag¢ in o relaxed settin To support adult wellbEiD8 ill East our cou￿11 M¢mbcrs launched dcdic8ied Women's And Men's spares for gLYial connectioo ￿l￿tiOn, and m¢gnitt8fv1 ¢4)nversation. Our we¢kly Elthrty Tea Clth rves as a bridge acrw sen¢ratioiiy, uniting our Swam and th¢ withr in a spirit of wmth. wild￿￿ and hwrnony. We exprcss our hearfelt app￿Il0n to the Lonthm Sri Mahttlaksbmi Temple and London Sri Mwu88D Temple for their ￿ltin￿l f￿￿18] supp)rt of our weekend Supplernentllry Tamil Schools. Their ¢(ffltnlxrtions havg allowed us lo minimize th¢ fimneial burden on p4rents. Our W¢ thank Mierwft CoriKYatiOD for its ottgoing thr(￿gh th¢ PmVi$iOD of free AZU￿ aod Offi¢¢ 365 li￿8¢ crcdiL8 uthltt its clwitsble spOw￿h￿ pm8ram. These res{xtr￿ have eDNbled s to m(wJernize our admillistratiye otttatioDS and utiliyt t￿nti&l te<hoologie$ to serve our community by improved d¢liv¢ry. The d￿jGAtIOn of our Volu￿¢¢1$ and Council Mcmbws. co1ttbiti￿ with the gfflvgsity of our sly)nw￿, ha5 be￿ instrw1￿ts1 in sustsirrin8 our servi￿& We Ltt aLso 8Taful for the &)nations receivryj from pwents of JtLKLents attendin8 ow three branch&s, which hav¢ $￿p(K￿l the

DON TA GAM Llml uxr•ntee & * e￿ed 31 Revlew of the Further Dev Th¢ princip•l activities of Lth Tamil Sw reD￿]Y deliv¢red Ire:. l. T8mil Langva8e Supplat• Schwl (Wjtt S¢F¥x>l of T•D]il L8n8w and Culture) 2. CommuNty ac¢iviti¢J #ml ¢vents to the ILUI usu5 to enri¢h their wtllbein8. The priTh¢ipal activities of LIMMIOD T￿11 Sangm delivaed fwthe benefit of its user8 ar¢:. H¢81th aryj I￿1}l$10n pro8rnn Se•y)n81 we4k¢nd activities (( yw petwe s￿h as sw d8y, Annual dayTron8al evenl cultural Continued &vek)pwi ofTAmil laD8UAF JAI eth￿£10 INre48¢d 84VOrt forsatellite Twnil a¢ro# UK FormioD of Bth1nti￿& Club to &YThDot¢ hedth well Fornwi￿ of W0n￿lI.S aDd Men's w to FK(¥llOte menthl grxl Physic￿ wellkin8 Establ15hnK￿ of • Division lo Ixgw]iz¢ bthinton and th wurn•rnents Or8anizAtion of re￿¢￿10￿￿1 aNlcultsuBI tripg H¢alth.frmed seSSiOllS LI￿8ry servic PrO￿￿tiOn of Tamil literyti Anm*l p(￿E￿ (Harvest re￿1¥41) celeb￿1￿9 Cultural activitie5 5wh a¥ D¢yvaIj Chri8tsDaS •J¥J T4mil New Year l￿ebratiOnS

The PhA for the hture:_ ¢Iiga8emo)t Develop •digiial uchive of Tamil liicratwe culturnl aDd collaborntion envir(mment ID discu&8 xlwt In PAlition to ¢ekbratsng ojltsnl ¢v¢nty LTS will xtivdy proTh￿te key intem&tiono1 ob8¢mts¢e daY￿AKh as World H¢81th Day. INterr￿tiOn￿ Women's Day. World F￿1 D￿, World a)ildren's Dby ￿1[$ 8w)di8ht glciwl ¢aus¢$. Intr0th￿C interbrD￿HI10DaI to irt¢ gaps be￿¢¢n elders ond youth Continue buildin8 fin￿1￿ iThlqthe fUthis￿8 and swnsonbips Upgrnd¢ facilities to meet th¢ ¢vdvin8 n¢¢ds of our nxmbe Continue to build OD Tamil laD8UV a￿] culttnl ¢du¢a¢t( Formition of d•o¢< firt musiul cla&w. After ￿hry)1 ¢lub- ￿ help ¢hildM with their bLYnevth stiJdi¢& a8 w¢ll *$ other activitiey. In¢reue fimdins stream by (ffganisithg fwther fuDdrntSiO8 events, $ucb . Strengtkn putsKr5hips I(￿1 Qfgatiizatiws. clwities, and community leadeT8 Expand aThl enrich the w￿en.$ w¥J m￿.$ Clubs t(> foslv inlw8¢nerali(Kwl Furthu thv¢￿p lilxAry lo I￿]￿de T￿ni1 Eo)k club Celebrate Tamil Heritage Month thrrwgh lwlu5l￿. wnmynity.wide evejts that honour Tamil 18ngua8e, an4 ￿S￿. Bod Contn￿utlolls Together. we are build￿8 a vibr4m. iwlwiv4 and re5iliart T8mil ¢omnJuttity itt EA)ndon. We thank all our m¢mbm, Voluffie￿ 5NKLqor& and pthr5 for theIr￿￿tInued supp)rt and b¢licf tn ourmissi4M.

AMI Acom Guarantee & a Cha REPORT of 1st MARCH 2025 Both ihc level of aaiviry the fillm￿181 at the BataDce Shed wuc ￿1&factOry And the Council ex1￿$ thi# to be tmNoved io tbt fortseeable futs Flxed Asseti DetsAls of the movement in the Fix¢d knds •ff discI(￿ell ID Notr 5 w th¢ Amnts. Comphny IAW requires the DirfAots ts) PTep•re fiDanc￿l fry ¢h fmancial period, which 8j.ve a true and fair view of the 8tate of affairs of the ConwAlly and of the wofit or loBs of thc Company for thaf ￿nIl In prepariD8 the8¢ fina￿la1 statements. th¢ DiTe¢¢ors h8V¢. Selectoj suitsblc ari￿titi8 poliei¢s tnd 4wlied consistenlty. Follow￿ apPb.￿blc a￿(￿ntIng The Dir¢th)rs are reswuiblc for kc¢piD8 Fyoper which disck6e with re8sLwble a¢¢wa¢y at any lime the financial ￿8]￿00 of the Company ard enable them to ensure thai th¢ finowial thtements cotnply with the CoTDPJDi¢5 2(rf)6. They tre algo responsible for safeguardins tl* as&#$ of the Com&￿Y ath4 (or lakin8 rtwonabk s¢¢ps for th¢ ptvthioll und The Inland R¢venue rets)8nisu that The Tamil SAngam is a non-profit making enlity which may distributr wofits anw)ng members. The Comp•ny is exempt from UK CoTporation Tax. Smau Com The r¢port ha5 been preparcd in accordance with th¢ wovisions in part 15 of the Companies Art wli¢8ble to ¢ompaDie8 subierf w the small Compatiies regime. By order of the Couffjcil Krlshia Ku•#r Som

Llmlted b Guar￿￿￿ & * Charl IYDEN EXAMINER, OR STEES RCH2 I report ott the A¢¢(wttts of th¢ f(¥th¢ year¢ThtsJ 31 Match 2025 49 get pages 7.11. Th¢ cbaritys tntsteu are mwible for the pryatioD of th¢ accws. Th¢ ch•rity's tsujtees ¢(¥nsider that Ell audit is not requFreAI ￿thiS ytor under <tion 144(2) of ￿ awitics Ad 2011 (th¢ 2011 A¢t) and th¥1 an ind¢peathTtt examin￿0 is D￿￿¢41 It is my T￿￿￿￿51b1]1ty to.. examine the a￿O￿nts uthxtiTh 145 ofthv 2011 A¢( to follow th¢ pr￿ed￿reSt￿1d th)wn in th¢ DI￿10￿& 8tven by the Cbarity CotiYDi8sion lutM]er 8¢¢tion 144(5Xb} of th¢ 2011 ￿ armj BASIS OF INDEPF.￿DF.￿ v￿mINERS REPOI My exam1t￿￿on carried out in xcotdallce with 8enerai DI[r￿}(M3 81V￿ by the Clwity Conllntssion. An ex￿]nati(￿ ittclth a review of the ￿lmInting rnL4xds kepi by the chtrity and cornparison of thc account5 prescntoj with those records. It alw Incl￿B considcration of any unusual it¢nLS ￿ dis¢iosur¢s in the a￿DuD¢S sKkiog explan￿1￿ from th¢ C0￿crnI￿ ally such rnattcrs. Th¢ w￿¢￿￿[¢$ unthn8k¢D Aol all thc ¢vid¢rK¢ thar would be rcquir¢d in thn a￿lIt, and consequenily no ￿1n7(￿ is given ￿ to wheknthe xcoun¢s and hirview, and the rep)rt is limited fo those in the swnKTri below. ThDEPENDENT ExAMll¥ZR￿ REPOI . wbi¢h 8ives m¢ c4Ug¢ to believ¢ thBt I￿ any m￿ri￿ the tLyyJiremenls.' lo ke¢p a¢¢¢xurting rvxKds iti Trtg4Jnkn wtth atttioll 386 of Compati1¢5 kn 20￿,. #nd to pr¢p4rc xcouts whi¢h aL¥ord with the ¥WWLtin8 rrcords aryl co[￿Y with th¢ ￿u￿till¥ uiretll¢Dts of 8¢¢tion 380 of th¢ Collytii¢sAd 2(kn gJNJ with the atMI priDcipals of the Ststanent of RttI)rn￿ Practs.￿.. Ac¢(wntin¥ ¥rnl R¢Byrbng by (kn"ti¢s h#ve not bee met or 2. to whi¢h. in rny opiniwL att¢nlion be dThwn in orthr ty ffl•bk a proper wNlmtandin8 of th¢ ABIDIN & COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNfANrs 112A Nortb Stre¢t llornehllrth seI RMII IS

COM END couN for the 3]￿ MARCH 202S 02 70,168 Adminislrntive Expenses 72.431 70,730 lusl 16.913 (562) Taxation 16.913 (562) ctfvldes After Taxati Dce at l•t A rll 202 68,082 68,644 £84.955 £68.082

NDON TAM CE SHEET ￿ at 31it MAR otej Flie Tangible Assets 249,164 249J66 D¢biors 500 C•sh ￿ B￿k knd in H• 93294 75,910 93,794 76.410 Amounts falling Du¢ withln one year 4,025 3.755 89.769 71655 £338.933 £ 321021 Accurnulated Fund Capital Grant Rexrve Building R¢seTre 84.995 244.162 9,776 68,083 244,162 9,776 io £338.933 £322,021 The directors 4re $￿isr￿d that thc company is entitled io exemption from the requirement to oirtain an audit under section 477 of th¢ Compani¢5 Act 2006 and the members have not required the company to obtain an audil ia xC0rth￿e with sKlion 476 of the Act. Thc directors 8cknowled8e their resE￿5￿bilitieS f(Y wmplying wilh the requirements Companies Act 2006 with rcspe¢i to acc(rtmting rwds and th¢ prparntion of xcounts. The ￿COUnt$ have been ￿ePared in XC0rd￿ with the F¥OViS¥)n in Pwt 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicabk ￿ ¢(xnpknies subj￿1 to the sm411 C[￿p￿leS ryime. Approved by the Council 19th D￿eMber 2025 si8ngJ ￿ th¢ir iKhalf. So•w•ndA ux oorthy

LONDON T laD￿ted b Gu ror tht YE Polk These financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost conventio and in accord8n¢¢ with appIl￿ble accouttling stsndards ar￿ in accordaDce with the Statement of Rwomm¢nduJ P￿tice (SORP 2(K15> and thc Charities Act 2011. Depreciation 18 provideAI lo wrile off the cosL le￿ cin]*d residua] value of all flxed asse￿ except Fre¢bold Property. over their expected uscful livcg, It 18 calwlat¢d on 8 rrAlucinB balance b&8is at thc followiD8 ratr8: Fixttwes and Equipm￿1 ISY• Freehold Property 14 not dwreciatrd as 1¢ is maintained to ensure that its value does not diminish over time. Thc maIntena￿e costs are Ghar8ed lo Profit and Loss in th¢ ycar incurred. In thc rAyuncifb' opini(Mt dcpr&'iation would bc immatu1￿ aDd has not been ¢har8e Operating Profit is arrived it aft¢r¢har8in8: Dwreciation 202 238 The Company employs l (2024: 1) worker. The Council member5 receive no emoluments for their services. 2025 2024 Salary and Pen8ion 4,651 12.392

elo Gu * Charl OTE theAC UN 2025 Thc Charity is exempt from UK C(wlioo Tax. 5. Tan Freehold Flxture At l&t April 2024 248.020 45,946 293,966 At 3191 March 2025 248.020 45,946 293.966 Depreciation At 1st April 2024 Ch&rge for Ihe Year 202 202 At 31st March 2025 44,802 44,802 Net B¢)ok vilue At 3 1st March 2025 £248.020 £1.144 £249,164 At 3 1st M&rh 2024 £248.020 £1 J46 £249.366 Freel)old property is not dweciatd ID 8W)rdance with Notr l(b) Debto Deposits aud Acen￿d Incon £5 £500

NO for tht YEAR ended 31 MAR 25 7. £t&LtorJ: Amounts falling due withtn one yw. Other CredAtD AccTuals 2.525 2.W5 1,750 £4.025 £3.755 The company has no Slwe C8pitsJ. Its liability ig limited by guarantee of the memlxrs. Capiraj Grnnts of £244.162 receiv￿ fr(￿ the ￿d0￿ Borougb of Newham for the s￿lf1¢ wse of puT￿￿1n8 ond carrying Out renovation work at 369 High Street North, Ma￿r ParK knth)n El 2 aThJ for other c￿lIa1 exp¢ndilure. have been credited to capitsl Grnni Reserve. Under the tern￿ of the Brani agreement, thi5 reserve ts refuDdabk to the grnntor in th¢ ¢veDt of the Company ceasin8 to operate for charitabl¢ putp)ses or beiD8 wound 10. B Ildl ThiB relates to specific reserve accumulated for Building improvements ￿led out in 1996 and p&rtly fijaded by the IAxal Authority Gr￿1 11.ca C8pitsI ￿n}MitMents althorised or cOntr￿d for by the Company at 31st March 2025 amounted to Nil (2024 - Nil). There were no contm8¢nt liabilities at 31st M•rh 2025 that Ihe Members ofthc Council was aware of (2024- Nil)

DETAILED INCOME cc Membership SubscriptioD Sri Maha Lakshmi Trust Sri tmdon MLttU8an Temple Pongal Viz School fe¢$ #md B￿k Seks Premixs Hall Hir¢ LTS Activities Coach Trip 1.4 2.1 3250 17.489 50.624 10.991 1210 2.190 1.369 1.925 2,750 9.508 41.070 13.047 Newham C4)u￿11 500 89.3M 70,169 Co.OTdinator ¢um Admiri￿.8 Wa8¢8 and Pensi¢)n y￿¢nt to Session Worken and Two Teach¢Ts. IDstnKtm and ProfessioD&Is Rates wjd Water Pon￿￿1 Vizha Expa)xs Printin8. PoJla8e & SthtiLY Coach Trip Expen8¢8 Telepknne, IDlernd aNJ FJX Event ExpeDse5 InJuran¢e Building R¢p8irs and MainDEDce Li8htin8 and Heing General Expen8 Accountancy Fe¢ Bank Charses Depreciation Tatnil Scbool Expe 4.631 11392 23228 21.515 1,095 6.468 012 33 820 703 559 2,080 2.566 42 3259 lJ17 1.620 412 202 1.080 398 238 17.520 {72.431) (70.731) £ 16.913 £ {5621