THE LONDON T
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31
MAR
H 2•25
ABll)IN & CO
PANY
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THE LO
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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
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31
MAR
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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 $￿esIc
The Pon8al Festival celebrated at Redivid8e Town Hilt and well￿me0 over (W wmmvnity
¢mbets. This rellwkthl¢ su¢¢¢ss w8s the le￿]h of coorditt&ted efforts by Tbe LTS Coun¢il
M¢mbers and vo]untery wl¥> implemented a dyn￿￿¢ Jtr•tegy to m￿lMize &ttethe and fomer
unity among the commuwties of Greater imkn.
During school terni time, The LTS Jrowlly its BathDinto]J Club ot Plasbel School.
marking 8 new ¢h4Pter iti prOM￿lD8 physical I￿1Vity and sprtsmathp Jrrw youth And ￿￿]1
This initsative is part of ourbrn*ler Divisirn wat¢gy.
The LTS s￿￿¢88fi￿IY revi¢wed aDd pinted Year 3 se¢ond revision Tajnil ts%tbook4 ¢rAbonciD8
edu¢ational quality. The ￿(b￿k serie& all￿￿d with the Tamil GCSE syllabu¥. 1$ 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 Tryul*rty 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￿I*l0n 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 8Ta*ful for the &)nations
receivryj from pwents of JtLKLents attendin8 ow three branch&s, which hav¢ $￿p(K￿l the

DON TA
GAM
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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
Form*ioD 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 PA*lition 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 ￿nI*l 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¢ accw*s. 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 xcout*s 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
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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￿ c*in]*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

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Gu
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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 Main*DEDce
Li8htin8 and He*ing
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