
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From Period start date   To 01/12/23 Period end date 30/11/24** 

## **Charity name: Leicester Shri Murugan Temple** 

## **Charity registration number: 1141315** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|1.Establishment of a Hindu temple where<br>rituals are to conducted in accordance with<br>Hinduism<br>2. Organise religious and cultural activities<br>3. Advancement of the Hindu religion|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|1.Daily opening 7 days a week and<br>providing a place of worship<br>2.Organising all religious ceremonies and<br>festivals all along the year<br>3. Language, Music and Classical dance<br>classes<br>4. Food and drinks provided to all devotees<br>and public twice a week<br>5. Welcoming international Universities<br>students in Leicester with Hindu faith to<br>have a place of worship|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had due regard to the<br>guidance as issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference N/A Para 1.38 Policy on grant making N/A Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment N/A Para 1.38 



|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|||
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|Other||Other policies and procedures in place:<br>1.Complaints<br>2.Internal Charity financial controls<br>3.Safeguarding<br>4.Serious incident reporting<br>5.Trustee conflicts of interests<br>6.Trustee expenses|
|**Achievements and Performance**|||
||SORP reference||
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|1.The temple remained open for the whole<br>of the year and welcoming devotees and<br>public in general to have a place of worship<br>and participate in all religious and cultural<br>activities free of entrance costs.<br>2. The charity provide warm welcome and<br>hospitality to all public<br>3. Constant usage of social media and<br>good plan with the announcement of<br>religious festivals have constantly<br>increased number of devotees and hence<br>donations received have started increasing<br>4. In the last 5 years, there have been<br>numerous Hindu international universities<br>students from Sri Lanka and India. The<br>charity warmly welcomes them all the time<br>and they have found a place for worship by<br>keeping there faith and religion|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|There has been increased number of<br>regular visitors and devotees and number<br>of religious festivals. As such, the charity<br>donations have risen accordingly.<br>There are ongoing repairs and<br>maintenance to keep the property in good<br>condition|
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|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Devotees and public donations received<br>when they attend the temple and religious<br>activities|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|N/A|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Charity commission constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|The charity in general meeting shall elect<br>the officers and other trustees<br>The existing trustees may appoint any<br>person who is willing to act as a trustee|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**||
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|You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Copy of constitution is provided and<br>explained in detail<br>Copies of existing policies and procedures<br>are provided and with explanation<br>Copy of the Charity Commission “Essential<br>trustee” guide is provided to be kept as part<br>of induction and training|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The charity is run and managed voluntarily<br>by people of Hindu faith in the surrounding<br>local community|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|N/A|
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Leicester Shri Murugan Temple|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1141315|
|Charity’s principal address|Unit 3A Abbey Mill<br>Ross Walk<br>Leicester<br>LE4 5HH|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||Laiyan<br>Thulanganathan|Chairperson|||
||Sellathamby<br>Manivannan|Secretary|||
||Dr Kirrupananthan<br>Seenithamby|Treasurer|||
||Mahendrajah<br>Thillainathan||||
||Baskaran Nadasan||||
||Kanagiah<br>Nirmalkumar||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

N/A 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Laiyan Thulanganathan||
||<br>Chair||
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|**Leicester Shri Murugan Temple**|**Leicester Shri Murugan Temple**||**1141315**||
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|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**<br>**from**|01/12/2023|**To**|30/11/2024||



|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**44,170**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**44,170**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **44,170**<br>**100**<br>**319**<br>**1,572**<br>**520**<br>**15,545**<br>**7,800**<br>**13,276**<br>**-**<br>**1,200**<br> **40,332**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br> **40,332**<br>**3,838**<br>**-**<br>**2,504**<br>**6,342**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**44,170**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**44,170**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**44,170**<br>**100**<br>**319**<br>**1,572**<br>**520**<br>**15,545**<br>**7,800**<br>**13,276**<br>**-**<br>**1,200**<br>**40,332**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**40,332**<br>**3,838**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**44,170**|||||**35,470**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**44,170**|||||**35,470**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|Bank charges|**100**|||||**113**|
|General expenses|**319**|||||**1,700**|
|Light and heat|**1,572**|||||**618**|
|Phone|**520**|||||**548**|
|Repairs and labour|**15,545**|||||**22,753**|
|Rent|**7,800**|||||**7,800**|
|Shoppingexpenses|**13,276**|||||**7,190**|
|Travel|**-**|||||**2,400**|
|Water|**1,200**|||||**1,200**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**40,332**|||||**44,322**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**44,322**|
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||**3,838**|**-**|**-**|**3,838**||**-                 8,852**|
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||**2,504**|**-**|**-**|**2,504**||**11,356**|
||**6,342**|**-**|**-**|**6,342**||**2,504**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

30/09/2025 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Bank and petty cash<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**6,342**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,342**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Laiyan Thulanganathan|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|||Laiyan Thulanganathan|30/09/2025|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

30/09/2025 

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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examlnerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report lo the trusteesl
members of
On accounts forthe
ended
N0￿mber 2024
Charity no
(rf any)
1141315
Set out on PAg
I report to the trustees on rry exarnination of the accounts of the above
chartty (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 3011112024
Responsibilities and As the tharity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the p￿parat￿n
basis of report of the ac￿VnI$ in aCCo￿ance ￿1th the reqU1￿MentS of the Charities Act
2011 fthe A￿).
I rewt in respect of nry enmination of the Trusvs accounts caThied out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in c2rying out my examination. I
have follo￿ed the applicable Directions given by the Charity CommisspJn
under section 145(51(b) of the ACL
I have com*ted my examination. I confimi that no rnaterial matters have
to nry attention in connection ¥%ith the 8xamnation wthich gples me
¢xuse to beli8ve that in, any material ￿Spect..
accounting records not kept in accordance ￿1th section 130 of
the Actor
the accounts do not acco￿1 ￿1th the accounting records
Independent
examlnefs statement
I have no con¢ems and have coffe across no other matters in connection
th the examwiation to wthich attention should tse dra￿ in 0￿er to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be ￿athed.
Slgned:
30K)912025
Name:
Devendra ltsuppayamoobo
Relevant professional
qualifKation(s) or body
(rf any):
IFA
Addr•M:
142 co￿nty Road
Nuneaton
CV10 7AD
Section B
Disclosure
Onty complete rf the examner needs to hKJhlight matters of concem (see CC32.
Independent examinatnn of charity accwnts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
IER
October 2018