Annual Re
rt of the Trustee's and
Recei ts and Pavments ac¢oMnt$ for the ear ended 31 December 2024
for
Association for Edueadon#l Develo ment of the Under rivile

Trustees, Annual Report for the period
I Period start date
01
January
To .' Perlod end date
31
, iiocoml>er, 2024 1
ection A
Reference and administration details
Charity name
Association for Educational Development of the
Under
rivsle
other names charity is known by
AEDU
Registered charity number (If any)
1142552
Charity's principal address
la Hardy Avenue
Ruislip
Middlesex
HA4 6SU
Names of the charlty trustses
Trust•• nam•
Office lif
any)
Dates acted if not Name of person lor body) •n￿tled
for whole year
to appolnt trust•& Ilf any)
1 Mr Thambirajah Alageswararajah
2 Dr. Amirthalingam Baheetharan
3 Mr. Thebak Matthias Ehambaranat
4 Mr Arumugam Gangeswaran
5 Miss. Thenuka Jegatheeswaram Pillai
6 Mr. Jude Jerry Julius
7 Dr. Subathra Poopalasundaram
8 Mrs. Sambavi Sathiyamoorthy
9 Mr. Somasundaram Satkunananthan
10 Mr. Maheswaran Shankar
11 Mr. Sangaravel Shankar
12 Mr. Thuraiappah Skanthakumar
13 Mr. Paramasamy Somasuntharam
14 Mr. Wilbert Wijayakanthan
15
16
17
18
19
20
Names of the trustees for the ¢harity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name
Dates acted If not for whole
ear

lames and addresses of advlsers Ioptlonal Information)
of athiiser
Name
Address
lame of chief executlve or names of senior staff members (Optional Inforniatlon)
Section B
Structure,
overnance and mana
ement
Description of tho charity's trusts
Trust Deed
Type of goveming document
How th8 charty is constituted
Trust
Trustee selection methcKIs
Appointed
Additional govornance Issues (Optlonal Information)
You may choose to include
additional informalion, where
relevant. about..
policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees;
the charity's organisational
structure and any wider
network with which Ihe charity
works;
• relationship with any related
parties;
trustees. consid8ration of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.

Section C
Ob"ectives and activities
To relieve the financial hardship of children and young people following
loss of parents and or guardians in Sri Lanka.
Summary of thè objoCt$ of Ihe
chaTIty set out in its govgrnlng
document
To advan￿ the education of such disadvantaged children and youth.
To provide young people wlth vocatlonal education and training to
acquire skills to eam a living.
To enhan￿ the livelihoods of impoverished communlties
Summary ofthe main
actlvltles undertaken for the
publlc benefit in relatlon to
these objects (include within
thls sectlon the statutory
declaration that trustees
have had regard to tho
guidance Issued by th6
Charity Commission on
public benefit)
We are mainly a donor organisation providing sponsors, for the
foster care project. administrated by local AEDU organisations in
Sri Lanka.
We are devoted to the educalion and holistic development of
orphans and other children traumatised and impoverished by the
CNII war.
In targeting affected children, we also enable the build up of
family units by placing disadvantaged children with fosterfamilies
in their own localities.
Initial focus on primary and secondary education. expanding to
the tertiary sector. both academic and vocational.
Addltlonal dotsils of objeetlves and actlviiies (Optional inforniation)
You may choose to includ6
furth8r statemants, where
relevant. about..
policy on grantmaklng.
policy programme related
inveslment.,
contribution mad8 by
volun188rs.

Section D
Achievements and performance
Summary ofthe main
aehlevements of the charlty
during the yoar
We have sponsored the educalion of nearly 5,000 children since
our launch in 2009.
We are financing the full-time education of 600 primary and
secondary school children.
30 of our school leavers are engaged in university education and
14 students completed medical degrees in 2024.
We ara engaged in launching other vocational courses for school
leavers.
We have opened study centres in many towns. providing extra
classes for O and A Level students and also Year 5 scholarship
pupils.
We have supported self-employment schemes, mainly aimed at
women running households= five women were assisted with start-
ups for clay-pot making, coconut oil extraction, iailoring and store-
keeping.
As part of the 'We Can, movement, we invesled five lakhs to help
five shops run their businesses in Balticaloa.
Under our 'Livelihood Enhancement Scheme,, nearly 20 women
learned lo make and market handicrafts made from recycled
products like coconut shells and wood cuttings.
Our sewing project in the Urani village of Amparai has proven
successful in the creation and distribution of tailored products.
AEDU-UK SLspplied five sewing machines, sewing tools and
equipment valuing approximately Rs.1.528,000 to enable women
in Kilinochchi to run their own tailoring centre. The centre was
officially opened in July 2025. This project was overseen by the
Rural Development Offi'ce {RDO).
Five families in Vaharai, Trincomalee, have benefitted from our
investments in irrigation and provision of 4 and a half acres of land
and tools for cultivation.

Section E
Financial review
Donation: AEDU Trinco Sri Lanka £7,105
Donation: AEDU Kilinochchi Sri Lanka £6,561
Donation: AEDU Mannar Sri Lanka £8,910
Donation: AEDU Amparai Sri Lanka £5,472
Donation= AEDU Mullaithivu Sri Lanka £5,939
Donation: AEDU Jaffiia Sri Lanka £2.750
Donation: AEDU Batticaloa Sri Lanka £5,627
Donation: AEDU Badulla Sri Lanka £2,049
Donation: AEDU Kalutatra Sri Lanka £1,505
Donation,. AEDU Kegalai Sri Lanka £1,583
Donation: AEDU Monaragala Sri Lanka £2.750
Donation". AEDU Nuwarelliya Sri Lanka £9,283
Donation: AEDU Vavuniya Sri Lanka £5,466
Brief statement of the
charity's pollcy on reserves
Reserve funds are held to maintain payments to children
without interruption to their studies, when sponsors are
unable to meet their payments.
Funds are held as a contingency to meet the needs of
families facing unforeseen hardships.
Details of any funds matèrially
In deficit
None
Further financial review details (Optlonal Infom)atlon)
You may choose to include
additional information, where
relevant about..
the charity's principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising);
how expenditure has
supported the key objectives
of the charity.,
investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.
Section F
Other optional information

Section G
Declaration
The trustees dedare that they have approved the tru8tee8' report above.
Signed on behalf of th• charltys trustees
Slgnaturo($)
Full name(8)
Mr Sangaravel Shankar
Posltlon leg Secretary. Chalr. etc)
Treasurer
3011012025

For educatlonal De￿0pm0Tht of
Unde
Mle
1142542
Recelpts and payments accounts
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For th• p8rknd
OlJ¥fv24
To
31-Dtr24
Section A Receipts and payments
Unre￿￿•d
funds
Restrletod
funds
Endowffl￿t
funds
Totsl funds
La•t perlod
A1 R*¢•lpts
310
Sub tot&l(Gmss income forAR)
A2 Asmt and In¥•6tm•nt sale
($09 tablo).
6431•
Total r•c•lpts
65,316
61316
l)rffjaikn.' NEDU Trtr￿ iw*8
l)rm81kn.' AEDU KWThx*thl &5 Lfyn
Donetkn.. AEDU Mwn•r
DonoUDD.' AEDU Srf Lank8
7,105
6.$61
0.9to
SA72
7.10S
IV76
4n
7351
4612
547
Don81kn' AEDU Jaltfia StT L8n
Dtsn8tsL*).' AEDU B&thcakna Sd Lank8
Ck)nBltr￿.' IEDU Sri Lankn
OonEkn.' AEDU K&lrtatrn &J Lanka
outth￿.. AEDU SriLankn
Don8￿)￿. AEDU &5
Donatlon.. AEDU NU¥%8￿ll￿ Sh Lanka
D￿et￿n". *EDU VawurMyB Srf L8nka
IT50
4627
2J149
1750
G27
2.750
TNmu*er
7•
Sub total
A4 A¥•¢t and In￿miment
Urch￿•$.
tsble
Sub total
54078
Net off r•¢elptsl(payments)
A5 Tronofers between fund
AO Ca$h fvnd$ last yearMd
Cash lunds this y•ar•nd
236
21798
26,
26.633
25,798

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestrl¢ted
Restrl¢ted
funds
fvnd•
Endowm¢nt
funds
Categorles
Detalls
B1 Cash funds
Total cash funds
034
lund¥
fund•
fvnds
Detsll$
FundtDwhlch
D•talls
B3 Inve5tmont assets
whkh
D¢tsUs
B4 A8s•ts T•tsin•d for th•
charftys own u
I rri
Fundtowhktrl
AmourtthJ•
Details
B5 Liabllllle•
SbJn•J by Or￿ wtsDtwst888 On
behawd dl the tr
Slgnatwg
Print Nam
Oate of
Mr sIB￿ara¥￿ Sh8nkar
30111m25

Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Assoclation for Educational Development of the Underprevlleged
On accounts for the year
ended
31 D8C8mb8r 2024
Charlty no
(If any)
1142552
Sot out on pagos
Two
Respective The charitys truste8s ar8 responsible for the preparalion of the a¢¢ounts.
responsibilities of The charity's trustees consider that an audlt is not required for this year
trustees and examiner under section 144 of the Charilies Act 2011 (the Charitles Act) and that an
independent examinatton is n88ded.
It is my responsibility to:
examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act.
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the
Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act. and
to stat6 wh8ther particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent My examinalion was Ca￿led out in accordance with general Directions given
examingrfs statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the
accounting r8cords kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts
presented with those records. 11 also includes consideration of any unusual
items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the
trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not
provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and
consequently no opinion is given as to whether th8 accounts pr8senl a 'tru8
and fairf view and the report is limited to thos8 matt8rs set out in th8
statemenl below.
Independent In conn8Ction with my examination. no matter has come to my attention
éxaminer's statement (other than that disclosed below ")
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect.
the requirements..
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the
Charities Act. and
to prepare accounts which accord wth the accounting records and
o)mply wth the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met,. or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn In order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please d818t9 the words in the braGkgts rf they do not apply.
Signed:
Dale:
3011012025
Namo:
AGcma Accountants
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Associal8d Chartered Certified A¢¢ountants

250 Linen Hall
Addross:
162 - 168 Regent Str88t
London
W1B 5TB
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matérial problems.