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Charity re￿stratiOn number.. 1109368
Centre for Community Development
known 88
CCD
(A r¢gistered Charity)
Amual Report and FinArKial Stsiemcn
for the Year End￿ 31 M4T¢h 2021
S Ranjan FCCA
c.hartered Certified Accountznts
RC.IIC
I l Approach Road
RaYn￿ Patk
SW20 8BA

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Contents
Chairnun, Rq)ort
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Inde￿ndent ExamiTh¢rfs Rew)rt
12
Statement of Finattcial A¢tivitse5
13to14
Balance Sheet
Cash Flow Si&tem¢nt
Notes to ihe Finart¢ial Statements
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CeDtre for Community Development
Trustee,
cEYrRE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMEYr
Truitee Report
The trustees are plwed to present their report together with the finan¢ia] sta*n*nts of the chariry for the iemi
ended 31 March 2021.
Leg)Il and AdD￿l￿tIve Imfonnation:
Centre for CoMmu￿ty Developmenl is a r¢8i8t¢r¢d ¢h4n"ty {chatiry wistrarion nutrtser 1 109368).
PrlnclpAI Ornct:
"Thul&%i"
Bridge End Cl(
Kin&￿¢0￿.Upon-Th&rnQS
SU￿eY KT2 6PZ
B8Thkers:
N&iiunul WestininslLT Bank PIC
Wi¢kford Branch
03 High Street
Wickford
E8sex SS12 9RT
Sotlcltors:
Alaga & Co Soli¢iroTS
305 Northbor()ugh Road
Streatham
Lortdon
SW164TR
Indtpendent ExAmlner:
Mr S Ranjan Chartered c¢rtIfi￿ Accounlant
RSBC
I l Approach Road
London SW20 8DR
Dlreetorg Ind truite
The Executivc Committee men*ers of the chan'ty ate its trustee5 foT the purp￿ of charity law and throughout
thi$ report ar¢ collectsvely referred to &$ the tr￿￿tee$.
The ITUS¢CeS serving durin8 the lem a￿1 since the end of last ierni are as ftillows..
Dr Thcvakunchary Nathan- Chair
Mrq Sarvaloge5wary Anandakllma￿Jah - Vice Chair
Mri ]iÈnjana SathanantbaD - Sc¢rciary
Mr% Shylakumari Visahan - Assistant Sccretary
Mr5 KAmala Kuganesan- Tre&wter
Mr Vyramuttu Rotnam Ramanatkn
Mrs Kalavathy Sivakumaran
Mr. Ramalingaln GuruDathan
Mrs Selvaramany Sri5kandaTrJ
Mr Gnananthan Potiniah
Mrs Vije Vijayasoorayar
Mrs Shanthiny Rath&%itssham
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St￿Cture. GoverJk*ntt Managell￿nt:
C•v¢rnlnK Doevnwnt
"rhe constitution adopted on 22 AugI￿t 2004 al￿ ameThled on 23 February 2005 1$ the governittg documeni of
th¢ Chariiy. The charity wa5 C5tablished under the constsluliort wlll.ch established the objeclives ar￿1 of
th¢ chaTity and is governed under its constitutiorn
ObJ¢¢rfvei #nd #ctivltkn:
The objeciiyes of the fjharity as set out in its corLstiltsiioD are..
* Advan¢¢m¢nt of Ed￿atIOn
. Relief of sieknets, suffering and distresg
. Relief of pov¢rty
. Preseryaiion 2nd proie¢iion of go(KJ hedth
• Promotion of P£￿e and confliLt rcsolution through non-violence n%an5
PTOVi5ion for re¢reation and other leisure tin￿ occupthon iTJ th¢ interests of I￿1&i welfare with a view to
improvin8 the quality of life of the benefici￿¢5
. Promotion of equality of opponunlty ond good benVe￿ P￿sOn8 of different racial Broups
AppolDtn*rtt of¢ruJleu:
Under ihe tern￿ of the charity's constitution, man8genKM ofthc chariry's aff8its is v¢n¢d in a board of trustees
of noi le88 than eleven and noi more s¢v¢tsteet) members. The board of truste¢6 has the ri8hr io appoint
m¢mbm w the Management Comrnitt¢¢ ¢its J$ 4dth"lional membm or to fill any casual V&W￿l¢S.
Tru$t¢es Induction and trainAtt8'.
Thc chair of the tnL¥t¢¢¥ is responsible for the mdUd1L￿ of any n¢w mw¢es which involves avnrcnc85 of
t￿￿tee$, responsibilities. the governin8 doeur￿ll1, adtninistrats've procedures and the hisrory and philosophi¢al
appri)aLh of the charity. A new Mtstec would receive copits of the previo￿ year's Annual r¢wJrt and ￿e￿)Unts
trtd a copy of the Charity Cornrni&8ion le&llet Tr e&*nti&l trustee.. What you ne•J io know"
OTginisatlonal strate
VlsloTh:
Enriching the quaiity of life of the people, ¢sp¢¢iaily the F￿r. the uThJerprivile8ed and the mar8thaitsed by
¢mpow¢ring them through active participation and s￿Sta￿S conirrittes
Mlsg10n:
Striving to improve the ItYiTtg conditions of thc people by 5wyponing and creating opponuniiies for the poor and
underpnvileged and $trengthenm8 local orwi5atiotLS, groups and instttutions to improve the soci04conomic
situation of the Mar￿naliSed aryi pro￿￿te pe4¢¢ aTMI harrrK>ny 8mon8 conllnututies. whilc providin8
hLmianitarian a8SiStan¢¢ Jn tiTn¢S of need.
Slratw:
Our prOgrarn￿ identify and supw)rt benefi¢iari¢s Whil￿ also collaknrating with accountable organisations, tn
se¢kitig to emwkwer the cornrnunity and ￿ls1 the development of str￿l￿re$ which direcdy benefit people
facin8 the realitics of poverty and injustice. This ill¢lud&s building capacity, where needed in aligoment wilh
CCD'S obJectiVGS.
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Our Values:
' plac¢ people at the heart of OUT activities
. be responsiv¢ to p¢ople and cortMnuthtie5 m &veknpiDg countries
• act ethicallyj fairly and with respect to all parttws
. bc practical, flexible and adaptsble
. be 5trBicgic and long-tem) in apPr{￿h
Our Parts¢rs:
We could not do the work we do wtthout the SUPW>TL advice azkl assiSth￿C of our p4rtneTS, wthich ludes
govcrnmenr departments. noTrgovernmeDtsI agencies. inter-goYernrn¢ntal agencies. as well as eivil society,
communÈty organisaiion8p Private sector or8aniwioDS and individua15 from bjth the UK and OV¢Tseas.
We have recently r¢￿'s1¥red CCD in Sn Lanka under th¢ name of CCD (Ccylonl and this organisation will
co-ordinate our work on the ground in Sri 14nka along￿de parther organtsAttOrts thtt)ugh an cstablished
rn4twg¢m¢nt Lommittee.
In Sri LaTtha, alongside our projeci path¢rn SYNERGY Centre for Comnwrrity EM￿We1ment and Kaviya
Women Developrtknt Ccntr¢ ID Battscalloa DistricL we coniinued to unplcmcnt prO￿aMIr** empowertng and
supporting conflict affected communities and in partseular vulneT#ble groups including wonxn be4ded
hou%ehold8. the disobled and clknldrcn living in povety.
In the UK CCD worked clotsely with the Royal Borou￿ of ￿.n¥bt0n. local c¢￿m￿lty groups and other
charities to deliver its services and programw.
Our StrY4teglc Outconw•:
We seek ihrough our pro8nnll)U aTKI pArtW5hi
. fvllilrnent of b&sic nee)Js
s￿[ALnable livelihood
' $USlainable and equitabl¢ development
afL, ju%t and mclusivc 50CiLtiC5
Or¥allisalional Capability
The CCD aim5 to ￿ a re$￿TL81Ve and learning OTgaDisation thet is knowled8¢abl¢ 41X)￿ the development
aspir2tion5, nc¢ds, culture and environThKnt of its parln¢TS. It is committ¢d to encouragin8 diversity,
profcs8ionali8m and contestsbility of Id￿ d￿n8 all ￿￿MberS s¢Aff and volunteers.
Pollciu and proeedllrn
Grant making policy
The CCD'S 8ranis progrdmme ainLS to support the growth aThl d¢v¢10pm￿l of Villa￿ Icvcl groups to implement
its wllage regener&iion Program￿ in Sri iAnka. The [￿08ramme which wa8 oriynolly planned for tsunami
affected villagcs has tK>W beeD extended to othcr r¢n￿le areas that were badly aff￿lcd dutm8 the civil war in
the past three decades. The or8an]sation thKs this by providing core funding to pamer organisth.ons togeth¢r
th capacity building tr&ining and S(￿ne livelihood support for ￿r and Icss privile8cd people.
Th¢ pro8ramnKs are penodically re*ieweAI to ¢nsure ￿ (yeNionaJ guid¢lines are be]"ng rnet and reporis
obtained from each projects.
Invcstmcnt Policy
The or8anisation h&8 no investments.
Risk mxnagemellt
The ttustees hav¢ a r]sk management strategy which Compri￿..
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P¢riodical review of th¢ risks the charity may faK'
The establishment of SySfeTTkS and procth to mits.gate those risks identified by th¢ plan,.
The implementstioo of Procedur￿ desi8ned to minimis¢ any potential on the charity should those Tisks
materialise.
Particular attention is focus￿1 on non fin8rKial risks 8Tisill8 from fire. health and safety of staff and volunteers.
A key element in the management of fitwKial risk is settwg a teserve5 policy and its regul￿ by IrLLgtees.
Achlevetllents and perfor1￿￿¢¢
Good work i8 ¢erlainly being done by CCD aTMI its parthers in Sri Lank& But there is much rnor¢ to b¢ achieved.
Dc5PllC the continued p)or hum&n nghts re4ord of the island, there is & growing und¢r5tanding of the need for
¢ollaboTative Bction and a daerniinahon ￿ tske appropnate ond n¢¢¢ssary m¢Asurcs to make the war afftstcd
re8ion8 a better place to live. Durin8 the unpretedenled C0VIL￿19 pandemic we were able to providc $orne
Emer¥en¢y help ￿ vi1188e8 in the North. and Hill Countri￿ of Sri LankL We were ts180 abl¢ ¢0 reach out to
our loca] communities in the UK aThl them with ￿1vICe ￿tivITieS to mairtiain their phy8i¢81. wial
and rnenlai wellbein8.
Project summarles
C.CD C.¢ylon".
The first meeiing of the newly forn￿d COTnmitiee was held on 17th May 2018 and the office bwers and
members were appointed. ArTangements were rnade to r¢gJMer this orw11￿li￿n In Sri EAnka. However. du¢ to
c(mtinued disnjption due the Covid 19 Parmlemic this h86 been delaya fi￿ther.We ¢oniinu¢ to work on this and
hopefijlly the r¢gI8￿tion will be cornpleted wn.
CCD IC.eylonl was 8dw"s¢d to fr¢us tniiially on impleTnentin8 the CCD IUK)'s Village Regenmtion
Prograrnmc. A Tamil TraMlats"on of thc prograrn￿ doarnl way cl[Lul￿ed and its feasibility di%us5cd with
the committee and a pnority aclion plan w&% prth¢ed. The prionty action plan eODiinues to focus on all three
village8 in CCD'S lar￿t aTCJ of P￿lavaraYAnkaddU (PK), Poonakn th"visiO￿ Killinoch¢bi Disln'cl in Nonhl'm
Sri l.anka.
CCD CEYLON- EMERCJENCY FCK)D RF.I.IEF DURING Cov[￿]9 PANDF,MIC..
CCD Ccylon has provid¢d ¢55¢nlial food iicnu io a numFKr of familles in North and Eastrrn Provinces and
upcouniry Wirh curfew having been 11n￿Sed island-wd¢ in Sri L￿ka due to COVID-19 Pandemic. low
income families who work for dwly wages were faced wth cxtremc circun¥tanccs. Most of the5c people who
work for da51y wagcs in Col¢)mbo and th¢ surrounding towns 105t their jobs aTHI were unablc to return to th¢iT
village8 due (o th¢ travel restrictions. As a resuii their families wer¢ faced with extreme poverty and stsrvation. .
In view of this, we made arTangeo]ents for CCD Ceylon to d￿1b￿le thy f￿d packag¢5 to be delivered io
fomilies in the following areas.
Hatton..
In the first ph￿. dry f(XKI p8r¢els were distributed to famdits idcntified from 6 E4tates frorn Ambagamum'a
area in Hallon on 23 April 2020. On l May 2020 nM)]t ￿Tte13 were distributejj to ￿other 537 fami.lies from the
remaining S ￿tateS from the same ar¢&
Further I I families who were affeeted by a fire were aiso provided dry food provisions.
Amother 9 famili&s w]M> were al30 affected by a providcd with dry food on *h May 2020.
Nuwara Eliya..
525 families from 8 different Lstates were distn"but¢d with dry foc4J provi&ons ou 19 April 2020. Further 60
families who were affected by flo￿ in this area wwe distrilyjred with ess￿￿.&1 household itemg and le8rnin8
materials ft>r the ¢hildrffl).
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Thenmarachcbi. Jaffija:
The following dry f￿d distnbutsoA8 weT¢ cothi>J in are&
74 families from Mattuvil E&st Village
65 fd. mili¢8 from ChathirapurdfD Vtll8ge
60 fd. tnilies from Mamivil Central Vllta8e
119 families from Nunavhl Village
Pallavarnyat]kamJ I Pc4)nahw'.
7 youths who r¢tum¢d from Colombo were sclf i501&tmg and wtre giv￿ dry focwj provisions.
Another 255 families from this area were Biyen dry food provisions.
From 8 consolidated financial contribution from CCD Ceylon and local *a¢hers .es5ential item8 we¥e
di8iribut¢d to 120 childm) from Kariyhlai Nagapattuvan Village.
As part of the humanitarian work of CCD Ctylory in order to maintain the heolth and wellbeing Stat￿ of
childTcn. CCD Ccylon Pallavarayankami n*mbcr5 ISSU￿ 50ap, powdtt and Eau de Colo￿ 10 45 families with
children under th¢ 4ge of three.
Village Regeneration Progrnmme {VRP).'
Our vision is io improve the quality of life of people in war affe¢ted vill48# by facililating the provision of
sinJLtures and aw*nitie5. OUT program￿￿ amls lo bnn8 the community together to bwld a healthy and
self-ILLStaining fuNre. We have chosen thr¢¢ smo11 adjoining villages in Pallavar&y8n Ka￿ jwnely Cholai,
Chol81 Nila and Model Villa8e lo make It a viable PTofv%ition for sus1w.r￿blC village developments.
Education Pro￿aMtW'.
Pre-school Educats'on D¢velopmeDt ProgTanllne.'
CCD Ceylon continuu to ¥upport the followiD8 thrte Prtr SclwJo]s.
Thurga Munpalli in Chola Nila
• An￿chLhalai Munpaili in Cholai
SiTahaihal Munpalli in Model VillH8*
Thc5c ihr¢e pre-schools havc bccn fillKtioning well with stn.ci safety to prevent the spre&d of COVtD
19. We have provided hand w&4hing and sanitation facilities and will coniinue to support them wh¢T) the schools
reopen..
Elukathir Edu¢4ti0n Centre:
Tr activities in this centre progressing w¢ll until the COV1[￿19 paThlemic hit the area in e&rly 2020.
Howcver. daily teachin8 activiti&4 were Carri￿ out appropriate safety, cwr and ttstrictions. We continued
to offer edu¢8tIQT￿j activitiQ8 onlinc jointly wtth the e-KaJvi ¢stsbli5hm¢nt. W¢ QT8anisd wc¢kcnd Zoom
le￿OnS for GCSE stud¢nts, and around 60 mote students from neigh1xM￿Ln8 sch(K)15 bcn¢fiicd from these
¢l&sses using a laptop dOna￿d by a well wisber from Wrtb th¢ support of laplop, projector and screen,
we w¢re able to organis¢ these 7A)om I￿r￿s.
vcry month t¢a¢hers. cenire athninisltator5 and co-ordinators of CCD Ceylon and CCD- UK rneet on Zoom to
diqcus8 the edu¢attonal activitics. $tudcnt pro8re&4 arml other issu￿ in the eentre. .
Workshop to provide 8uidance forthe scholarship exatn
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Workshops were held iti th¢ ElUkath￿ Tuition Centre whe0¢￿[ wwiljle. This vms ainrd at Grade 5 students
who were expected lo sir the 2020 sclK)latship examinaknon with the aim of providing them with practi¢¢ and
8uidanc¢. gtldents aafrom PallavarayanKattu alld the o¢ighix>urin8 schools Kljeyapuram M.V. Kl Kariyalai
NagapaduvanGTMS and KIKariydlai Nagapaduvan GTMS look pan. The sessions were conducted by ieachcrs.
who have expertise in tuioring for scholwhip ex8Ml￿10nS 8rtd moNtored by CCD Ceylon Pallavarayan Kattu
eotnmittre m¢tnbers, and the Elukathw adm]"n Gommittec. The swdents parents expiessed their 8ratitud¢ ¢0
CCD C.cylon and the ElukathiT adm1015tralion CQTnrnit*e for holdm8 w¢h a successfuj workshop, wlllch ihe
s¢udents highly benefited from.
Building self SUStsin2bilty / in¢om¢ generating PTojects
Rice Mill Project
We mntinue to suppon the Trillagers to getwale income through various Projects. This projecL conduaed by
C.C.D C.¢ylon, encouraw entreprtneurs in the village and provide$ eMployn￿ for many to uplifi their lives. In
ordcr to continuc ottd impTOVC thc TCVCn￿ from the Mill Proj¢£k more machinery has been purehosed for
indsng ond to r¢￿￿￿¢ Sand and Jtonco from tk ri¢¢. More aluo pu[Ch￿c41 from Ik nci¥htrM)urin8
villages. Tlu's wa8 Stored safely and wed when required. The unemploytyj youth arc also Involved a¢ttvity
and receive wa8e8.
However, due to th¢ Ponde￿.¢ the mill is fillKXionth8 #t a lower capacity. There 18 a eon8id¢rAbl¢ pn.
fluctuation in the paddy induslry. however. we are doing our best to maintsin ihe profitability of th¢ bu6inGs8.
Curr¢ndy we are )J51ng the incorne from the Mill Proj￿ to meet our emer8cncy needs ond io support families
who are directly affected by Covid 19.. The profit generakd Is also ￿Sed ￿ meet the needs of F.lukathir Tuition
Center. and other emer8en¢y and deveiopmit prOgr￿￿S in vi1198es. We Are w4Èting for the Pandemic
resirictions ￿ ease io resume tsur mill activities to fidl ¢4pa¢ity.
Supply of seeds and grains to promote WLcuitut¢'.
In order to enable families to become self-suffi¢ieth and self-swtained for thw'r food requirenw)ts, we have
provided seeds and grnns to these families. and help with improving their water facilitic5 where necesw. This
activity has encouraged ny)re people to 8th itivoIvLxI in ytBII xale farnling to mea their own needs.
Future Projec¢S
Co4)per&tivc m(Kkl
We are planning to empower a group of women headed familie5 thmts8h a eo-operdtive 5y5t¢m. We have
idcntifjcd 14 wom¢n in th¢ village and are currcntly in thc pffKc55 of gathcring morc infomwtion about their
hackgrt>und in order tn get ihem 108ether as a group. We have alrt4dy held a meetirt8 With them and discussed
the st8rtUP Pr￿edUreS.
Cwonut Oil Proth￿[lon Pio)￿1
The community based organisation, Centre for Con1m￿"ty Dcvclopment, has bccn &%51StinB this village to
2¢hieve & rnore sustainabl¢ way of living through vorious projects. We art exploring tbe possibility of a coconut
oil productton industry. If feAsible. we hope to xmplerrtht thi.s project thrOll￿ g cooperativ¢ sys¢ern. This
parti¢ular project aints lo employ prcdominDntly fcrnalc families. with a vi¢w io PToviding th¢m with a
susiainabl¢ income.
Elder5 Empowernynt Program￿￿ {EEP):
Elders Empowerment Program￿￿ is desi￿￿ io maintain ￿ well-being of the Older People in the Community
ond io empower them ￿Trth the abilrty to meet their neats and take eontrol of their lives. The activities and
Services offered are desi￿ed to improve Ph￿]¢8], Social. ment￿ at)d Intellectswl well4)eing of the older peoplc
livin8 in attd around Kingston btsrougb in a ¢OmUDity setting (Tatnit comTnuDity). We also knve a prograrnrne
SUPPtsning the elderly in eastern Sri LaDka ID the Batticaloa District.
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This year w&9 mark￿1 by ￿ CoTrid-19 pa￿"¢ aThJ the suEwwit [C￿dowtt vthieh ¢uthd our activities in
April And May 2020. However. w¢ w¢r¢ ablc to ov¢tcome this by arrangmg various activities on a Zoom
platfomi $in¢e June 2020. By the end of AugusL we were able to obtsin a sub5Witial an￿Ul1t of grani from the
National Lotteri¢s Community Fw)d and w¢r¢ able to provide five days a wcek senice to OUT &s well
&$ io a substantial number of new members to eomb* their isolation and Str￿8. We have be¢n ob8ming all the
relevaDt Djies l&id Dilt by ihe 8oveTnTDeni under the Covid.19 regulatio￿￿.
Using the grani we received. w¢ were able to PTovide Ke¢FfiI Exer¢ises, mat based Yo84 chw'T ba%d Yog
Tai-chi and Dancing Classes COTwJucted by professional insEnjc￿rs. These 8re ¢ontinued to this day. On
Thursdays, following the keepflt exereftse sesgion ￿ have a ￿MinUte lon8 &¢&sJon when we have
presentations whi¢h ¢onsi5ted of varied ¢alk8 and acttvities. Laughier is the Best Medicine. Home Gard¢nin8.
General Knowledg¢ Qu?z. Comedy T￿k. Light M￿]¢, Metttsi Exercises. Makin8 Face Masks, a Pictori81
presentation of the Sn L4nka Tour. Cooking English Ve8Ctables to Slkit the Ta￿1 pa]ate, Book Club Story
Reading. Mindfulness etc.
Wc havc celebrated the Intern￿lon41 Day of Older Pern)M,FA8ter, Navarathri, ,Dccpavali and Christm&s In
Morch 2021 we had a Memrial ev¢nt in remembrance of late Mr Varad#k￿. fornwr PrOgramn￿ Director of
CCD. EEP'$ 15 th Anniversary CelebNion was held in April 2021 on a zoon￿la￿OrnI.
KalaLmal4LI 2020
Wc cclcbrated our Annual Culturnl eveni Kalai Malai on a Zwm pljrfonn on the 31tt of Cktober 2020. Prof.
Bal&wndaram from Canada our Thief fTuc51. It celebrated wilh the USUAI sp¢¢¥h¢s, dunre5, music.
musiial plll￿ aTKI cometh"¢8. Thi8 event attraLttd severnt ljundrth of people from all over the world.
Sri Lank& Project- Empowerin8 Elders ¥1 P4ttspalii in Batticalo& al
'rhe Jasmine Plantation Activily
The Jasmine plar]is are proliferntsn8 well aThl 88rl4nd m￿1Th8 for interested eldws been or8kni8¢d. But
training proce&q is llt a srAndstill due to ¢ovid lockdowTr and public travelling restrietiON8. EEP has advised the
coordinators 10 crtcourage the eld¢r5 10 5¢11 bags of flowers for Tcmplc NK)jL%. They &TC 4150 advI￿d to grow
more j￿lle plants from cullin￿ $0 that they can get a year-long supply of flowers 88 well as yO￿g Jasmine
plants to sell.
When training is compl¢ted, the traintsl elders will be able to diff¢r¢nt types of 8arlandg to catcr for th¢
local market. They have a]so prepared 2 name Ixjards to publicise thu"r service. "rhe profit gerteratcd by this
business will bc kcpt in th¢ bank 8nd will be l￿ed lo benefit the eldets in times of TWI OT emergency. Once the
lockdown is lifted th¢ coordinators will be able to 8upervisc and tak¢ tbij proje£t furth¢T.
Encoura￿ng mentsl wellbein8 - Although acttvities ￿e at a standstill, the ￿Ordinar0r8 are encow88in8 the
clders to particjpate at our virttwl Kalalmalai on thc 25th of September.
The Kanna8i Arnman Temple and the temple garden is a vital factor in bringing the village communiiies
togcthcr.
We have distributed essential food itens to seyeral famil￿ in Patt1pa￿. area during the lockdown and this h&8
earned their Injst iti EEP.
H¢althy Mind Pro8Tarnme.'
Healthy Mind Progrdmme is all initiative that SUPEMJrts people with or at risk of mentsl health prOb]en￿.The
project Lonsidcr5 mental well-being as an Anjponani of the cOmmu￿ty and it takes a ￿lIst1¢ approach
towards the COTllTnunity d¢velopment supported by other Proj￿($ of CCD. This project has been rnnning for the
past clcvcn y¢ars.
A weekly Activity Centre is run by the proje¢1 every PAondays from 9.45 am to 11.30 am via Zoom.This
provided a wde range of acti*ititt to cnrich the lift experience of ￿0p1¢ affeeted by Mental health issuc5 like
anxiety. deprc&sion. stres5. isolation and gnef. Activiiies itjcluded ch￿r based exeTcise5,8reetin8 ¢￿d makin&
painting Pongai Panai ￿¢. These activitK5 help the mertrtrs w over￿Me isolaf]on improve th￿"[ mental
health.
Navarathri fesriv21. Deepavali. Chnstm&s, PoDgal and Aadipir2ppu were (%lebrated wirh members their family
and well-wishtTh. Members had Opporti￿￿tieS th siti8 old songs and play word buildujg gan￿ in Tarnil and
EnsliAh.
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Trustee's
During Covid 19 lock down we encouA8ed menknrs to do diff¢reM activities from knme and we propose to
have an exhibition of these actiYili¢s &$ soon &$ poss17fy1e.
Several seminar8 aTMI 8vrnrene￿ SCqSiOTLS V4ere held on I￿￿triA￿tis￿ well.bein8 of miThl. body and soul and
World Mental Health Day.
We contacted ail th¢ uKJnbrrs and well-wisbcrs durin8 th¢ I￿j advi5cd them lo bc saf¢ and io take
care of themselves during thi's difficuli tsme.
We organised question and aD8wer sessions in face book As part of Corona 19 ¥rtiviry and Milaap eentre. Sutton
TBmil elders wup. eldeTS empO￿Vrne￿ 8nd well wislm joined these s￿l0n8 with their children and
8randclu'ldren.
Thai Pongai fesllval w&8 celebrated by r¢collectsng how they enjoytrj the fettival with tkn p8renls at home
eleTbrdc￿ Adi pirappu by singing and ielling abo￿ the event also swgke on 10 Chakrn n*dilation, word
building in English Proverbs in En81ish and Tamil
Amid ihc IoLkdLTrWA restrictioN our m¢mb¢rs mAno8ed ￿ *tively portitipte azKI ¢D8a8e in ￿tivitieS to
empower their miTy£ body and 8ouI
Tamil Wom¢n Development Forum (TWDF)..
Tamil Women Developmeni Forum 18 4 Proje￿ fost(Thl by the CCD w develop and advoc8to tbo Tarnil
speaking women of Ilankai 0ri8in for quality in global policy &$ they support their famili¢s ¢ommuniiies.
This Project fvlfils Its purpose through research, adv￿￿Y. campai8ns, community-based serv1¢¢5 4nd
programmcs, and by workin8 in partnership with community*ased womth's organLZatioA% on is$u¢5 of human
right8, human secunty. gender equa]ity, pea¢e. 1*aIt￿ edU￿tIon, ￿￿nomIC ernp0wtrn￿I and so¢ig1 Justice in
Ilankai (Sri Lanka) and abroa
Actiwties and events..
TWDF have CO￿rdInated a numb¢r of initi¥iive5 FN)th in thc UK and supporting communitie5 in Sri Lanka.
During thc co￿d pandemic we develo￿ a forunL 'Vanko Kathat'kkalam, (Let's T￿k) view to helping
women to (trvcrcome loneline￿4, anxiety. (IqJTes%iÉ)n and fear durin8 this pandemic. We h8ve a Wha￿APP group
where peopl¢ can express their feelingo atKI w¢ also med re8ularly in the z￿ mcetin8 roonL W¢ ¢on¢inu¢ lo
providc support to these people in the community.
We continu¢ to 8UPiXprt cldcrly pcopl¢ and childrcn In thc vi1148e of Punni Trl¢cravi In North of Sri Lanka. Wc
provided them with dry food prowsions dun'n8 the pandthnic. We eould TK)t proceed with any of the projects Tn
Sri Lanka due to the Pandemic.
D]sability Project (DP)
Th¢ Disabiliry Project is ailfftl at 8&5iSting th¢ diff¢rcTttly abled people living in the northern and eastern
provinLes of Ilankai Isri Lanka). CCD believ&s th8t the position of dthled rwle in society is a human And
civil rights issue wjd that it is wentiAI that the organisation yhouid take a Icad in addressing thesc IBSUCS by
providing rehabilitation assiswKe and tbrough income generating initiatives removing the barrierB to social
inclusion.
Acttvitics..
AftcT %tudyiTrg the information abo￿ the villages tn Batticaloa il was decided to cottsider a villa¥¢ r¢gen¢ralion
programme and priority will be ￿Ven for thsabled people {EmcrgtDCy Relief, RehabilitatioD and Ernpowern)enL
c￿ld developmenL Health Care and AdV0￿Y and I￿¢)me generation activities). In i'iew of the currettt
sittBiion due to Covid 19 Pandemic CCD has been unable io Comtt￿nee the prO8rnmn￿.H0WeYer . we colltinue
to Dvlitor the situation and collect ￿￿e information.
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Trustee's
War Widow5 Project".
The War Widows Project IWWP) works to bnng hope. &￿Ilty. and self_reliance to the wtr wid¢Mvs ￿ nOrth￿t
Tamil homeland in Ilankai and help them beco￿ equal TneMbe￿ of the society. Its mission is to maximi8C the
fijll potential of the war widows througb eM￿>w¢r￿¢n1, rehabiliuiion, inte￿att.0ll and participatory
cn8a8ements thai scrvr their DEeds and aSP￿tiOnS ID locaL rwonol. national attd iDiern4lionat developmeni.
. The beneficianes were choscD by CCD, tr¢ir business￿ wue asse&sed and approv￿ 4ccordiDg to respective
skills, committneni a￿1 dn"v¢, and n￿esSary supports were provided. The families are continuously monitore
motivattd and supported to enSUTe successful outcomes in their chosen v¢nlure8.
CCD Ceylon 8uppon¢d five familie8. from ChurtTMham. JAffi]4 for th¢ livelihood assistance prorn. Peopl¢
in th¢ vill4g¢ wcrc rcscttled &fier the war and live in v¢ry poor coTrJitions. Majority of the families are wom¢n
he8ded houscholds and live well below ihe pov¢ty lin¢. They do not own any a&8ets and often live in ternpor
acu>mTnod&tion on government land. MO￿ of the pu)ple from these wllag&q %￿rk in neighbouring forn￿, or in
n¢arby Chunaham rnarkct. As thig area 15 h¢&vily aff¢ct¢d by Covid19, it h&$ been Under lockdown for 5ev¢r
monihs .Our suppon for these families iticlude helpin8 to expand th￿r grocery shops. making snaeks and short
eats for thc wholesale market. small SeAle produ¢tton of chilli powder other spice items which are pack¢d
fur wholesale. buildin8 a chicken coop ond providing tbt first batch of chickens. Advice atxd support wer¢ siven
to 811 porticipan￿, and pro8re8s is continu0￿$1Y nM)nitortl ond supported by CCD membezs.
FinanLiai Review
Th¢ charity's reserve at the end of the year is £71.8211-
RestriLted reserve is £IO,OOO/- and unrestricted re8ep#e is £61.8211-
PriT)cipal Funding Resourcc8'.
Thc principa] funding source for the cknity is 8encrAlly by way of fij￿1 rAi8ing evertt$. sponsorthips and
donations from w¢ll-wish¢rs. The charity hB5 rnisod srnau grants frwn th¢ Royol Borough of kn"npton for iLI
proBrartunes in the UK and this yw we ha¥e received a w of £40.IX¥y- from Nallonal Lotiery Commlnity
Fund to help the CoMTTh￿ly durin8 ￿ COVID-19 Paodelluc.
R¢serves policy..
Reserves arc needed to bridgc thc fiu￿Ing gaps between spthlin8 on Program￿ and receiving resourc
through 8rants thal pro%ide funding. Reserves are also held to cover unexpecied expenditures and in ern¢Tgency.
In addition, reserves are needed io overcome the main risks to the OTg8niiaiion.
Thc trustees Hqll examioe the ¢trJariry's requiremeths for reserves in light of the main risks to the 018am￿lOn
and will cJtabli8h a policy whereby the UDre5tricted fi￿¢￿* not committul or inv¢8¢¢d m tan￿b]e a88ets held by
the chaniy should be at le￿ 5Q/• aNI not than IO#/• of its wrnover.
Statement of Rcsponsibilities of the Comrnitt¢¢ of Mwwg¢trrKnt:
.harity Law requires thc trustccs to prepare financial statemenrs for exh financial year that 8ive a trne and fair
vi¢w of th¢ slat¢ of affairs of the chanty and of the reyenue surplu3 or dcficit of thc charity for that PUilKi. In
prepÈrsng th(k%e financJ&l staternil4 thc are required io." seleci suitable acco￿ting tx)licics and then
apply them corLsi$iently" m&ke judgerrents 8nd ¢￿IM￿eS that arc rc&sonablc and pnthL stale whether
applicable accounting thdanls and stat¢￿ts of recornMend￿ practice have been followed subject io any
departures disclosed and explained in the financta] SMen￿￿. and prewe the ststements on the going corteern
b￿lS ￿￿esS it is inappropriate to presume that tbe conwry will continue in b￿lne&S.
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Centre for Communlty Development
Truyt¢e'$
The trustees are resw)nsibl¢ for maintsining PToper accounting re¢orth ￿th1¢h disclose with reasonable accU￿Y
al any lime the financial tM)sition of the clwiry and eDables them to e￿sure that the financiai stalements comply
with Charities Act 1993. TnLStees are ￿$0 responsible for safe8wding th¢ &8S¢ts of the ¢harity and hence for
taking r¢Lsonkble steps for the prevents'on and detection of fraud #nd oth¢r irrcgulariiies.
It￿ePendent EAarnin¢r".
A r¢soluhon prOp0￿j at thc Annual General MeeDng that Mr S Ranjan of RSBC Cbartered Cenfied
Accounts { fornRrly Waran & Co) to be gpp)mted as IT¥JependeDt Examiner to the charity for eAquin8 year.
By order of th
Dr Thevakunchary N8th8n
ChAir
1211012021
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Centre for Community Development
Independent Examiner's Report to the trustee of Centre for Community Development
I report oll th¢ arcounts of the company for th¢ year athj 31 M￿ch 20217whi¢h are set oui on pages 13 to 17 .
ReJpKtive responslbllltlu of trust¢u illd euminer
Th¢ mcmbcr (who ib also the diFCCtoi of the company for thc purposes of company lawl is Jrswjnsible for the
preparation of the accounL8. The member ¢onsiders that an awlTt IS TKII required for this year urder section
IH(21 of the Chantics Act 2011 (the 2011 A¢t) and thai an ind¢￿t examllwtion is ncedcd.
Having satisfied myself thai thc ¢han"ry is Bubje£t to awjit under cowy law is ¢ligible for independent
exalllination. it is my Tesponsibility io..
exarnine lh¢ accounts under seAion 145 of 2011 Ae4
to follow the proeedurcs laid do￿ ID th¢ 8en¢ral DI￿tiOnS ￿Ven by the Charity Commission under section
14515)(b) of the 2011 Arl,
to siaie whcther partkcular nxtters have come to my 8tWAtio
Bmsls of Independent exgmlner's report
My exdtninaii(Trn was c¥rri¢d ¢)ui in 8¢¢ordance with the 8enernl Diredions given by the Charity Commission.
An examin#ii()n uKludes a rcvi¢w of the accountin8 recor&4 kept by the eharity and 4 ¢ompgnson of ihe
accounts prcsentcd with those re¢ord8. It olso irKludes con5tderaiion of any items or disc105urc8 in th¢
aCCOEmts, and seekm8 explanatsons from you &8 member concerning any such mdtters. The pTo¢edure8
und¢rtak¢n dts not providc all the evidence that would be requir¢d in an audit and consequendy no opinitsn is
given as to whether the accounts preseni a 'tru¢ and faiT view, and the report 18 limited to those matters Bet out
in the stslement below.
Indtpendent exarnlner's itatement
In connectlon wth my ex8mination, no mott¢r ho8 COTr* to my attention:
{1) which ￿YeS me a msonable Cause to believe tbat in any materiai respect the requirements..
to keep accounliDg I¢￿rdS in ￿CordanCe wtth 8eth.on 386 of the ￿MpanIeS Ad 2(1)6,' and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accountin8 records, ¢oJnply with the accounting requirements of
section 396 of the Cornpanies Aci 2006 with the metho(ts atml pnnciple8 of the s￿teMent of
RecoTnmended PraitJ¢e.' A¥¢ounliDg R¢porting by Charities
have not been met,. or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attemion shovld be dTawn tn oth to enable a proper understsndin8 of the attounts
to be reached.
SRaD
MBA FCCA
Cha
RCBC
I l Approach Road
Raynes Park
SW20 8BA
Certified Accountants
RSBC
Chartere¢ Ceoi rec Accoun:anis
31 Apr)roach Road
Lor,eon SW20 8BA
Tel 02C. 8S14 9355
Date..
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Centre for Commnnlty Development
Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2021
Oncluding Income and Expenditure Account and Ststement of Totsl Recognised Gains
and Losses)
Unrejtrlcted
ruDds
Restrkted
funds
Tot*1
2021
Tot*1
2020
Gener*1
Note
In¢omlng resourtts
In¢omiMg res04pc•sfro
gener￿edf￿AdS
Grants
Donation
Mcmbcrship
Advcrt Ineom¢
Colleciion lor Meals
Miscellaneous Income
Village Regeneration Proj4XI
CCD Fund raisin8 in¢¢)me
Cowd 19 Contributions
Lottery fimds
Gift Aid
Othcr Income
2,6C¥)
4.071
4.390
290
11,573
3,502
3,980
5,824
10,765
10,765
5.328
5328
2,420
10
2,420
10
61.563
62,563
36,230
Reiollrces expended
Costs ofxener#thglMAés
Drop in A58istsnt
Cosi of Meals
Cost of Catering
Trdnsport Cost
ritnc55 Ses5lOll
Office Renr
Council Tax
Utility
Hall Hire
Rcpairs and Tnaintcnanr¢
Pro8ramm¢ c.ost
Telephone and Inwmet
Printing
FJire of Equipment
Sundry ¢X￿ns¢S
Depreciation
EEP Project Sri IAnk2
Insurance
Villase Re8en¢ratith)
{5,059)
(162)
{2266)
(1.16T)
(1.167)
(1.093)
(1.093)
(8,666)
(4.750)
(1.254)
12,402)
222
12,416)
(8.666)
(4.750)
(1254)
(2.402)
{3.0(K))
{1235)
11,901)
(4,708)
(621)
{1,￿8)
(I,oH)
{537)
{484}
(1,490)
222
12.416)
(841)
(841)
(590)
{590)
(247)
1247)
(1.346)
(1,870)
1327)
{1.346)
{1.870)
(327)
(I.(KM))
1174)
(17,485)
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Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2021
ncluding Income and Expenditure Account And Statement of Total Reeognised Gains
and Losses)
UDrestrlcted
fund$
Tot•1
2021
Tot*]
202Q
GeD¢rAI
f￿lld￿
Note
Covid-19 Food relief
Commi58ions
Donations paid
TrBining and Educaiion
IT Costs
Cordinator ¢ost8
(6247)
(4.(KX))
(2J72)
(2001
11.166)
{9J75)
(500)
(6,247)
(4.(M)O)
(2,372>
(2001
(1.1661
(9 J75)
{5CH))
HMP
Total costs of 8ermtin8 funds
(40,159)
(10.448)
(50,607)
(43.020)
her re.fOUP¢*J é-¥p¢nd¢d
Total re80UW¢6 expondcd
Oth¢r r¢¢ognl$ed fK*lni *nd low•
Nei movement in fund8
40.159
10.448
50.607
43,020
21.404
(9.448)
11.956
(6.7901
Reeondllitlon tsf fllDds
Total l)Jnds broughi foThvard
28,660
48,108
Totsl funds Ca￿led fonvard
50,061
10.(
60.064
48,108
All r*f the Charity'8 ath'vities denv¢ from contsnuing operations durin8 the alxjve two periods.
A Statement of Total Recognised Gains and tA)￿ 1$ not required u all losses are iT>¢luded in the
Statement of birwicial Activiti￿.
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Centre for Community Development
(Registration Dumber: NA)
Balanee Sheet 88 at 31 March 2021
2021
2020
Note
FIAed assets
Tangible assets
5,383
Current xss¢t$
Cash at bank and in hand
66.438
49.738
Credl¢or8: Amounts f*lu1￿ ￿￿¢ wlthlTh otte ytsr
Net current
1.630
66.438
48,108
Net %9sets
71,821
48,108
Funds of tht Ch•rlty:
Reitrlcted income funds
io.(
10.c
Unrestrleted Income fuodj
(iencral funds
61,821
38.108
Tot41 fund$
71,821
48,108
For the financial year ¢nd¢d 31 Ma￿h 2021, thc charity was enlltl￿ to exempiion from audit Under 5ecfion 477
of the Companies Act 2tK)6 relatllw to sm411 coryanie&
The members hav¢ tK>t rtquwed the chan.ty to obtsin an audit of its aceowits for th¢ year in qU￿tion in
acrordancc with sectkon 476.
The acknowledges responsibilities for ¢On4)I￿n8 vrith th¢ requirements of the Ac¢ with w to acwunting
records and the preparniion of ac¢ounts.
The5¢ a¢¢ounis have been prepar&J m a¢¢ordan¢¢ with th¢ provisio￿% applicabl¢ io ¢ompani¢5 subjcct to the
Sm￿] coMpa￿e5 regitne and with the Financial Reporfing StaTMl8rd for Snmller Emitie8 (effeth've January
2015).
Th¢ fiTWLcial Btatemenl8 on pages 13 ts 17 Thrre approtrtd by the , and Buthoris&l for issue on 12 0¢￿ber 2021
and si
on beh&lf by..
Dr ThevAkun¢h4ry Nathan
Trustec
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Centre for Community Development
Cash Flow Statement for the Year EDded 31 March 2021
Reconeill*tiDn of net D￿VeD￿nI ID funds to net Ush from operadng *edvltles
2021
202(J
Net income
1De¢Tea5cyincre￿ in creditors
36.166
{1,630
44.128
970
Net cath inflow
34,536
45.098
C￿h flow *t#tewnt
2021
2020
Note
Nei c&8h inflow from operating acttvilies
Trading subsidiary corporarion tsx payable
34.536
45,098
Net ¢aih inflow before ttwement of liquid Tesourcu aThl
finart¢ing
45,098
In¢r¢as¢ in ￿8h in the year
34,536
45.098
All of the ¢ath flows are derived from continuin8 0perntith￿ during the above two perioth.
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Centre for Community Development
Notes to the Financlal Statements for the Year Ended 31 Mareh 2021
l Accounting poll¢ks
Basis of prep*r*tlo
The financial st&t¢m¢nts have prepared under the ￿.￿Or1¢al cosi convents'on in accordance with applicable
United Kin8dom Accounting SraThJards. the Chanty Commwion 'Ststem¢nt of Recornrnended Practice..
Aceoumtin8 ènd Roportin8 by Choritiu, ('SORP 2005,). thc Finonctal Reportin8 Standard for STh￿1￿ Entiti
(eff￿11¥e Janullry 2015). and ikc Companies Aci 2006. A sumw of the pnncipa] accounting polhche5. which
have been Bpplied ¢onsisrentty, except where is out below.
Twxatlon
The Charity 1$ considered to p&8s the t*$ 8¢t out in P4ra8raph I Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and
thcrcfore it ￿ets the d¢finition of a ¢haritsblc conwany for UK ¢orpoNiion tsx purposes. Accordingly, th¢
Charity is potentially exem￿ from t&x&tson in Tespect of income OT capitsl gains reeeived ￿￿thIn c4¢egorie8
covered by Chopf¢r 3 Pan I l of the Corporanon T8x Ad 2010 or Sectt'¢)n 236 of the Taxation of Chargeable
G*iny 1992. to the extent that sucb income or 8ain8 are applied exclusively to chan'tabl¢ PL14￿Se8.
2 Trnsteu remuneritlon aDd expeDsei
No tn]siees. nor any persons comected with the￿ have ryeived remunerntion from the chan'ty durin8 the
year.
No ttlLsiees hav¢ r¢c¢iv¢d any r¢imburscd expcnscs from thc chartry durin8 the yur.
3 TaxatloTr
The cornpany is a T¢￿8tered chority and 18. thrr¢foT¢. ex¢￿t from taxation.
4 C.harlty s¢atsJ
The Chan"ty is A Charity limited by gUar￿tee 8Jkl ¢OTwuendy does not have share capitsl. Each of the
Chairman is liablc to contribute an wnouni noi exce&Jin8 £Nil towards the 9&8ets of th¢ Ch8rity in the event of
liquidation.
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