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 Finala] StatMKnts 12. D¢tsiled Ine and Expenditure Account
G•re¢ & a C MPANY i MEMBERS OF THE COUN Uthayakumam Anllnugam (Prcsident) Sethurnjan Ba188ubramanian (Vice President) Vijayamuru8an sriyaK)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 TreUlr) Vetrivel Ram85amy Rajesh Sivagurunathan MutU8esan Chdliah Rajmohon Ramadass S¢thuraman Seeni Selvamohan PavadaislY Murn8A Prakash Chinn•iyan Sankarnarayanan Rapvan PrBthap Gin Appavu Mrs. Val8rnuthi DIPaI (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 202025 has tten a pivotsl ch4tr in rM)UrneY. f(ycwd on reestablishing fJDancial #ability and enbanciA8 our public pwfil¢. Our cl11 Membern W0ed diligenily to wiite the COTnmuntty logetbcr throuBh a series of thiti&tsv¢s and $esIc The Pon8al Festival celebrated at Redivid8e Town Hilt and wellme0 over (W wmmvnity ¢mbets. This rellwkthl¢ su¢¢¢ss w8s the le]h of coorditt&ted efforts by Tbe LTS Coun¢il M¢mbers and vo]untery wl¥> implemented a dyn¢ Jtr•tegy to mlMize &ttethe and fomer unity among the commuwties of Greater imkn. During school terni time, The LTS Jrowlly its BathDinto]J Club ot Plasbel School. marking 8 new ¢h4Pter iti prOMlD8 physical I1Vity and sprtsmathp Jrrw youth And ]1 This initsative is part of ourbrnler Divisirn wat¢gy. The LTS s¢88fiIY revi¢wed aDd pinted Year 3 se¢ond revision Tajnil ts%tbook4 ¢rAbonciD8 edu¢ational quality. The (bk serie& alld with the Tamil GCSE syllabu¥. 1$ 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 ¢rnUnltd to ext8 I¢knk developnthi aryl strengthening Tomil IAll8ua8e ¢thlun. 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 Hings {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 cou11 M¢mbcrs launched dcdic8ied Women's And Men's spares for gLYial connectioo ltiOn, 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 appIl0n to the Lonthm Sri Mahttlaksbmi Temple and London Sri Mwu88D Temple for their ltinl f18] 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$iOD of free AZU aod Offi¢¢ 365 li8¢ crcdiL8 uthltt its clwitsble spOwh pm8ram. These res{xtr have eDNbled s to m(wJernize our admillistratiye otttatioDS and utiliyt tnti&l te<hoologie$ to serve our community by improved d¢liv¢ry. The djGAtIOn of our Volu¢¢1$ and Council Mcmbws. co1ttbiti with the gfflvgsity of our sly)nw, ha5 be instrw1ts1 in sustsirrin8 our servi& We Ltt aLso 8Taful for the &)nations receivryj from pwents of JtLKLents attendin8 ow three branch&s, which hav¢ $p(Kl the
DON TA GAM Llml uxr•ntee & * eed 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 T11 Sangm delivaed fwthe benefit of its user8 ar¢:. H¢81th aryj I1}l$10n pro8rnn Se•y)n81 we4k¢nd activities (( yw petwe sh as sw d8y, Annual dayTron8al evenl cultural Continued &vek)pwi ofTAmil laD8UAF JAI eth£10 INre48¢d 84VOrt forsatellite Twnil a¢ro# UK FormioD of Bth1nti& Club to &YThDot¢ hedth well Fornwi of W0nlI.S aDd Men's w to FK(¥llOte menthl grxl Physic wellkin8 Establ15hnK of • Division lo Ixgw]iz¢ bthinton and th wurn•rnents Or8anizAtion of re¢101 aNlcultsuBI tripg H¢alth.frmed seSSiOllS LI8ry servic PrOtiOn of Tamil literyti Anm*l p(E (Harvest re1¥41) celeb19 Cultural activitie5 5wh a¥ D¢yvaIj Chri8tsDaS •J¥J T4mil New Year lebratiOnS
The PhA for the hture:_ ¢Iiga8emo)t Develop •digiial uchive of Tamil liicratwe culturnl aDd collaborntion envir(mment ID discu&8 xlwt In PAlition to ¢ekbratsng ojltsnl ¢v¢nty LTS will xtivdy proThte key intem&tiono1 ob8¢mts¢e daYAKh as World H¢81th Day. INterrtiOn Women's Day. World F1 D, World a)ildren's Dby 1[$ 8w)di8ht glciwl ¢aus¢$. Intr0thC interbrDHI10DaI to irt¢ gaps be¢¢n elders ond youth Continue buildin8 fin1 iThlqthe fUthis8 and swnsonbips Upgrnd¢ facilities to meet th¢ ¢vdvin8 n¢¢ds of our nxmbe Continue to build OD Tamil laD8UV a] culttnl ¢du¢a¢t( Formition of d•o¢< firt musiul cla&w. After hry)1 ¢lub- help ¢hildM with their bLYnevth stiJdi¢& a8 w¢ll *$ other activitiey. In¢reue fimdins stream by (ffganisithg fwther fuDdrntSiO8 events, $ucb . Strengtkn putsKr5hips I(1 Qfgatiizatiws. clwities, and community leadeT8 Expand aThl enrich the wen.$ w¥J m.$ Clubs t(> foslv inlw8¢nerali(Kwl Furthu thv¢p lilxAry lo I]de Tni1 Eo)k club Celebrate Tamil Heritage Month thrrwgh lwlu5l. wnmynity.wide evejts that honour Tamil 18ngua8e, an4 S. Bod Contnutlolls Together. we are build8 a vibr4m. iwlwiv4 and re5iliart T8mil ¢omnJuttity itt EA)ndon. We thank all our m¢mbm, Voluffie 5NKLqor& and pthr5 for theIrtInued supp)rt and b¢licf tn ourmissi4M.
AMI Acom Guarantee & a Cha REPORT of 1st MARCH 2025 Both ihc level of aaiviry the fillm181 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 fiDancl 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¢ finala1 statements. th¢ DiTe¢¢ors h8V¢. Selectoj suitsblc arititi8 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 examin0 is D¢41 It is my T51b1]1ty to.. examine the aOnts uthxtiTh 145 ofthv 2011 A¢( to follow th¢ predreSt1d th)wn in th¢ DI10& 8tven by the Cbarity CotiYDi8sion lutM]er 8¢¢tion 144(5Xb} of th¢ 2011 armj BASIS OF INDEPF.DF. vmINERS REPOI My exam1ton 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 InclB considcration of any unusual it¢nLS dis¢iosur¢s in the aDuD¢S sKkiog explan1 from th¢ C0crnI ally such rnattcrs. Th¢ w¢[¢$ unthn8k¢D Aol all thc ¢vid¢rK¢ thar would be rcquir¢d in thn alIt, 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 mri 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¢ utill¥ 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 Bk 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 $isrd that thc company is entitled io exemption from the requirement to oirtain an audit under section 477 of th¢ Compani¢5 Act 2006 and the members have not required the company to obtain an audil ia xC0rthe with sKlion 476 of the Act. Thc directors 8cknowled8e their resE5bilitieS f(Y wmplying wilh the requirements Companies Act 2006 with rcspe¢i to acc(rtmting rwds and th¢ prparntion of xcounts. The COUnt$ have been ePared in XC0rd with the F¥OViS¥)n in Pwt 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicabk ¢(xnpknies subj1 to the sm411 C[pleS ryime. Approved by the Council 19th DeMber 2025 si8ngJ th¢ir iKhalf. So•w•ndA ux oorthy
LONDON T laDted b Gu ror tht YE Polk These financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost conventio and in accord8n¢¢ with appIlble accouttling stsndards ar in accordaDce with the Statement of Rwomm¢nduJ Ptice (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 Equipm1 ISY• Freehold Property 14 not dwreciatrd as 1¢ is maintained to ensure that its value does not diminish over time. Thc maIntenae 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 Acend 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 slf1¢ wse of puT1n8 ond carrying Out renovation work at 369 High Street North, Mar ParK knth)n El 2 aThJ for other clIa1 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 Gr1 11.ca C8pitsI n}MitMents althorised or cOntrd 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 Bk 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)u11 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 Pon1 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