REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1157926
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 FOR SNEHALAYA UK
SNEHALAYA UK CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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| Independent Examiner's Report | 10 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 11 |
| Balance Sheet | 12 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 13 to 17 |
SNEHALAYA UK
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis and in accordance with Charities SORP (FRS 102) – Second edition October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
OBJECTIVES AND AIMS
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Support the work of Snehalaya in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra and other charities / organisations in such a way that is charitable under the laws of England and Wales as the trustees determine.
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To raise Snehalaya’s international profile and educate people in the UK of the challenges Snehalaya’s beneficiaries face.
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To raise funds for Snehalaya’s Indian projects.
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To work in partnership with Snehalaya India to assist with project delivery in India, including support on matters of staff management, governance and strategy to ensure its long-term sustainability and to build capacity.
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To develop and support international volunteering and the educational visits strategy and provide a support network for past volunteers. To provide relevant and qualified experts for training, support, advice and mentoring.
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To support Snehalaya India’s communication & marketing strategies.
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To sustain and build capacity of Snehalaya UK.
Strategies, minutes of meetings and other Snehalaya UK documentation can be found at: = https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h0skLsJ4S0sDBDtWVruGcsV3sRkW7E95?usp sharing
BOARD DEVELOPMENT
A new Chair, David Braham, was elected to lead the Board of Trustees in May 2024.
Luke Rodgers resigned as Secretary. Ash Lucas was elected to role of Secretary.
No other changes were requested and all other trustees were reappointed.
The board is aware that our trustees should represent the communities we serve. We already have good representation from female trustees, it was agreed that we should also try to attract more members from South Asian communities. We also have medical, finance and education experts among our trustees and it may be beneficial to have other professions such as law and social work on board. All trustees will research and invite potential candidates to future meetings.
We also continued to discuss appointing a patron who could act as an advocate for the charity among key stakeholders. It was agreed that this should be someone who already has a high profile, good networks and ideally is from the South Asian community. All trustees are sharing their suggestions for this role.
An ambassador pack was developed to help promote our board and charity to potential supporters and ambassadors. A new web page on Snehalaya’s website was also developed and published: Snehalaya UK: https://www.snehalaya.org/snehalaya-uk
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CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
The main types of charitable work that Snehalaya UK supports Snehalaya India with are to support women and children affected by HIV, gender-based violence and the Sex Trade. Snehalaya UK has carried out the following activity for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 in pursuit of these objectives and the public benefit:
10 YEAR CELEBRATIONS
We celebrated our 10th anniversary of becoming a charity on 21 July. As part of our celebrations, in November we hosted a series of events in the UK in the presence of Snehalaya India’s Secretary, Dr Priti Bhombe, former trustees and volunteers from our UK arm and some new UK-based friends and supporters.
Snehalaya UK remains volunteer led with two founding members resident in India and the remaining UK board located around the UK. Despite no physical office space or paid staff, Snehalaya UK has led on significant campaigns and fundraising events while expanding Snehalaya’s UK and international supporter base.
Our UK CEO, Joyce Connolly, and Priti flew in from India for a packed few weeks of discussions, promotions and celebrations. Since COVID, our trustee meetings have been online so this was a fantastic opportunity for all to meet face-to-face to reflect on our achievements and make plans for the future. Our overall aim was to maximise our outreach and support for Snehalaya, fostering a stronger connection between the UK and India in our shared mission to aid underprivileged communities. The core team travelled between London, Leicester and Leeds, taking in a few tourist sites along the way. Highlights included:
Hosted by John Coster, our In-Conversation Evening at Orso Coffee Shop, Leicester, was an informal and interactive get together where our Indian team were able to give insights into the issues affecting India today and the impact Snehalaya is making local and nationally to address them.
We were honoured to join the Plan Ahead, Value Employability (PAVE) Conference at De Montfort University, Leicester. We joined many health and social work-related employers there to discuss career and volunteer options with thousands of students. It was a busy day with lots of visitors keen to hear more about our work and a great opportunity to connect with the university and Leicester and national-based organisations.
Following the one day exhibition, our CEO was also given the opportunity to present Snehalaya to students during a PAVE online event . Again there was a lot of interest with one of the organising staff describing it as: “One of the most inspirational talks that I've heard in a long while.”
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We then visited Welland Park Academy, one of our partner schools in a former four-year teacher exchange program with the British Council Connecting Classrooms project. Priti was able to see a UK school and also start discussions on future exchanges and partnerships with the staff there.
The main event was our 10 year birthday celebration where we invited past, present and future supporters to join us for a celebration lunch. After a short update on the Indian projects and highlights of the UK team’s 10 years from our CEO, there was a quick round of “speed dating” where those attending could share their connection with Snehalaya and learn more about us and each other. This was a huge success and was followed by thanks to all for making Snehalaya UK so successful. A delicious lunch of pav bhaji and sweet treats rounded the day off nicely.
Our final Leicester event was an informal meet with some of the East Midlands Marathi Mandal preparing to host the European Marathi Sammelan (EMS) 2025 in the city next July. It was great to introduce them to our work. They have previously supported Snehalaya through fundraising events but having our Secretary there to explain more in the Marathi language gave them and us a special taste of ‘home’. We are hoping to attend the EMS 2025 event to spread our word even further.
We then headed north to Leeds where we spent two full days on a stand during Global Engagement Week at Leeds Beckett University , Leeds. Our partnership with the university pre-dates Snehalaya UK’s founding with many of our trustees having been former staff and students of the university. We are one of only a handful of charities the university promotes to students and we had great chats with them and staff both on and off the stand about our unique range of volunteering options.
We were also able to join more Leeds supporters with a dinner and long overdue catch up.
All of these events expanded our reach and people’s understanding of our work. We plan to continue the conversations we have started to build on our initial 10 years and particularly reach out more to the Indian diaspora and students to make the next 10, and the 10 after that.
The total budget spent was £2,052 GBP in Priti’s travel expenses and event expenses. We raised £433 in income meaning total out of pocket expenses were £1,619.
Networking & media
Vinayak Hegana is the CEO of an organisation working to prevent farmer suicide and is working with our Founder Girish Kulkarni on Manasgram project. He is also a Chevening scholar living in Cardiff and has introduced us to Siddharth Mukne - a very connected UK resident. Both are very keen to help us build the profile of Snehalaya UK at government and corporate levels and can be valuable assets.
UK High Commission in Delhi - Vinayak is already proving effective as he arranged and joined our UK CEO and Indian Secretary to visit the UK High Commission in Delhi. We met with the Indian head of the Chevening scholarship program to discuss how we can connect with Indian scholars, invite UK visitors to the commission to visit Snehalaya, connect UK businesses with Indian locations to consider Snehalaya for their CSR funding and build our relationship with the high commission offices across India and other UK representatives such as the British Council.
Our newly designed Snehalaya UK Ambassador Pack was presented at the meeting which can also help when inviting people to support our work.
Our trustee Sarah introduced us to John Coster , Journalist and Founder of the Parallel Lives Network, a vibrant community dedicated to fostering collaboration among NGOs, charities, community groups, individuals and educational organisations across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and South-East Asia. As we discussed how we could collaborate best, it was decided to attend a series of events in partnership in Leicester and to invite members of the Indian team to join us. There were also discussions around John visiting to make a
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documentary with Snehalaya UK with the board agreeing to bear the costs of John’s flights. Discussion and preparations for this visit continue with the aim of raising Snehalaya’s profile in Leicestershire and beyond.
Bittersweet, https://bittersweetmonthly.com/ - a US web publication visited to do an editorial and video feature on Snehalaya in April 2024. They were here for four days filming and interviewing various people and the final article was published in July - you can view it via this link https://bittersweetmonthly.com/stories/snehalaya.
Snehalaya USA is now a registered charity with a board largely based on the west coast. To help them promote their work our UK CEO has created a Snehalaya USA webpage which was based on our UK webpage and is available to view at:
https://www.snehalaya.org/usa
Fundraising
Snehalaya UK continued to see a significant contribution in donations, especially through our Global Giving platform which raised £47,495 of the total £56,674 donated in this financial year. The Snehalaya UK team continues to lead on and manage Global Giving fundraising platform with all funds currently being disbursed to Snehalaya UK for their disbursement to India until the platform can reinstate its FCRA (Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act) status.
Philip Byrne again donated a large sum to cover Christmas via Global Giving’s Giving Tuesday match-funding day, making the total raised on the day $5,371 (approx. £4,000) raised, including $1,404 (approx. £1,040) in match funding. Further donations from our Snehalaya at Ohio State University and in kind donations made for another fabulous Christmas.
Global Giving’s July Bonus Day had US$100,000 (approx. £74,400) in match funding available. For individual donations of between $100 and $1,000 a portion of the $100,000 fund was received. Volunteers were encouraged to pay their fundraising and accommodation costs in on this day to take advantage of this opportunity. Unfortunately, given the popularity of the scheme, the total funding was all gone in less than 30 minutes and in some cases eligible donations didn’t receive the matching. We did receive US$1,600 (approx. £1,160) of donations on the day and this secured US$104 (approx. £77) of the £7,276 available in match funds. We will review how we approach this in future match funding days.
Australian fundraiser
We had our first ever Australian fundraiser, organised by former Leeds RAG and then independent volunteer, Meg. She arranged an Indian night at a local restaurant raising A$2,800 (approx. £1,440) but more importantly shared our work with a brand new audience. She is now an Australian citizen and she has been connected with another former volunteer Ria to see if they can create a Snehalaya Australia. They still haven’t had a chance to meet up yet but once they do we can look at introducing them to other Australian contacts.
UK fundraiser
Huge thanks to Trustee, Sarah Rastall for hosting a fundraising quiz in June and paying in the £320 proceeds via Global Giving on our match funding day. All while heavily pregnant!
We are also using Easy Fundraising for charity donations for online shoppers: - https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/donation reminder/?utm_source=adobecampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=productadoption2019&utm_content=browserswitch&origin=PA049
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Income
Global giving Individual donors Paypal
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Total income: £56,674
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Expenditure
Bank fees Snehalaya UK celebration Snehalaya India Honorariums
International travel website Accounting software
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Total expenditure: £64,139
A disbursement of £48,683 (Rs 49,91,952) raised by Snehalaya UK between July 2023 and March 2024 successfully sent to Snehalaya’s SBI account on 16 April 2024.
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Disbursement to India (by cause) in Rs
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4,49,276
24,960
3,99,356
12,23,028
3,24,477
2,24,638
23,46,217
General fund Rescue sex workers & at-risk children in India -
Educate street children in rural India Safe care and adoption for Indian Babies
Help Educate Girls in India Support one of India’s first HIV hospitals
Stop gender-based violence (GBV) in India
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The funds were restricted by Snehalaya India as follows (amounts in Rs):
General fund 12,23,028 (£11,927) Rescue sex workers & at-risk children in India 23,46,217 (£22,881) Educate street children in rural India 2,24,638 (£2,191) Safe care and adoption for Indian Babies 3,24,477 (£3,165) Help Educate Girls in India 3,99,356 (£3,895) Support one of India’s first HIV hospitals 24,960 (£243) Stop gender-based violence (GBV) in India 4,49,276 (£4,381)
Total disbursed: 49,91,952 (£48,683)
Branded materials
Snehalaya t-shirts and bags were designed and printed, primarily to sell to volunteers. These were given out and sold during our 10 year celebrations.
Volunteers
Snehalaya UK remains a volunteer-led organisation with an average of 10 trustees and officers as well as our volunteer CEO. The following numbers refer to unpaid individuals and groups who choose to spend limited time at Snehalaya India to volunteer their services to the organisation’s 20+ projects on location in India. Given the limited time and resource of the UK board we continue to refer potential UK volunteers to our Indian projects.
We continue to welcome volunteers to visit the projects in India. We help facilitate primarily international volunteers by giving an overview of our work, preparing and planning their individual volunteer programmes and supporting on the ground while they are on placement. Currently these include expert volunteers with related skills and experience for knowledge exchange as well as academic and general volunteers that are given an overview of the organisation and social issues affecting our beneficiaries and opportunities to take part in programmes with them.
Total volunteers = 16
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Volunteers
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UK USA Canada Italy Netherlands
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UK Trustee, Ash Lucas visited our Indian projects for over one month in July/August. Her father also generously donated funds for a treat for the caregivers.
Caroline Hornsby visited from January to March. A return volunteer, she has many years’ experience working with survivors of domestic violence in the UK and advised our Snehadhar project. Together we are trying to improve the situation for women seeking shelter and are trying to convince the Indian team to create ‘move-on’ housing to prevent the long term institutionalisation of women and their children. Currently the India-wide preference seems to be reunification within the family as there are limited options for single women. Caroline is also an expert in stalking and presented information to staff and beneficiaries.
Our CEO’s Aunty Joyce (living in Netherlands) visited to help to sort out our charity shop which reopened in new premises at our Rehab Center this week.
Project World Love (USA) returned for their third visit in March. They create items to sell in the USA and focused on bags and bracelets which the women and girls enjoyed. They took some items for sale and have already donated US$1,000 as a result.
Our UK team supported Vyoma a previous USA volunteer who is running a Dance Bhoomi program, funded by a Strauss Scholarship, with support from Family-Based Care counsellors.
Caroline Maxwell-Gale (UK) is the sister of Nick’s very good friend. She held a fundraising Pianothon raising over £2,000 and visited to conduct activities with children and our mental health patients. The primary brief was to do music sessions but this expanded to other arts and crafts activities.
Nicole McIlveney (UK), a University of Durham MA education student, visited to conduct research for her dissertation. She focused on our Malala girl’s education project, interviewing peer mentors, staff and parents. She also joined us for a visit to colleges in Pune – always good to have a real life volunteer there to represent us.
Kyle, a Canadian referred by another former volunteer volunteered for three months, helping with Christmas planning, assisted with other volunteers and conducted a range of activities for our children.
One of last year’s Leeds Beckett University sport and education students from 2024 conducted her dissertation research on girls’ participation in sport with our Indian projects remotely with the support of our CEO. Leeds Beckett conducts an exchange with ISMS in Pune and our CEO, trustee and volunteer visited their college to speak about volunteering and we are hoping to welcome them to Snehalaya soon. The university also has a partnership
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with Symbiosis College in Pune so a second visit there took place with the same team. Engaging with both these colleges helps strengthen our links with Leeds Beckett.
Our CEO, based in India at the time, attended Leeds Beckett South Asia 20 years celebration in New Delhi, meeting with senior university staff and networking with the university’s Indian partners.
We also benefitted from the university’s Global Week in March, with former volunteers managing volunteer stands for us. We also had students taking part in a Walking challenge, aiming to cover the distance between Leeds and Ahmednagar and raising over £300, including participation from the South Asia team.
Francesco Santino is an Italian film-maker who visited in March to make an Italian language documentary on our work with a view to pitching to Amazon who he has previously sold work to.
Snehalaya developments
Snehalaya USA
Our CEO continues to work with our USA team to incorporate Snehalaya USA and advise them on other awareness-raising activities. The hope is they will provide a similar role to Snehalaya UK.
Snehalaya Australia
Former Leeds RAG volunteer Meg is now a citizen of Australia and is keen to help raise awareness and maybe create a Snehalaya Australia.
Reserves policy
The trustees aim to maintain free reserves at a minimum of £5,000 the trustees consider that this level will provide sufficient funds to respond to funding applications and ensure that there are sufficient funds available to cover support and governance costs.
The balance held as unrestricted funds at 31 March 2025 was £45,132 (2024: £52,597) all regarded as free reserves. The current level of reserves is therefore considered appropriate.
The trustees report a deficit of £7,465 (2024: surplus of £45,094). All income came from donations and grants and the trustees are grateful to all those who made donations. The main expenses were grants allocated to be disbursed to Snehalaya Maharashtra.
FUTURE PLANS
The priorities for Snehalaya UK are:
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UK Indian Diaspora development
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Fundraising
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Volunteer management
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Capacity Building and Organizational Development through Volunteering
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Increase the profile of Snehalaya in the UK
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Strategy for annual events
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
Snehalaya UK is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered with the Charity Commission on 21 July 2014 with the registered charity number 1157926. The CIO's governing document is a trust deed.
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
The existing trustees appoint new trustees.
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Organisational structure
The trustees meet regularly to agree the broad strategy and areas of activity for the CIO. The Board establishes subcommittees to focus on specific issues. The CEO and trustees with the support of volunteers also undertake the day-to-day management of the CIO.
Induction and training of new trustees
The other trustees brief new trustees on the work of the CIO. Training is available to trustees when appropriate.
Risk management
The trustees have conducted a review of the major risks to which the charity is exposed. Where appropriate systems or procedures have been established to mitigate the risks the charity faces.
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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number
1157926
Principal address
30 Christ Church Gardens Epsom Surrey KT19 8RU
Trustees
D Braham (Hon chair) C Bradley (Hon treasurer) M Hudson S Kenning N Cox H Karsan L Hyrapetian
CEO
J Connolly
Secretary
A Lucas
Independent examiner Mrs Elanor Baxter FCA
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 27 January 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
Mr D Braham - Chair
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SNEHALAYA UK
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Snehalaya UK
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Snehalaya UK (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mrs Elanor Baxter FCA
Date: 27 January 2026
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
| 31.03.2025 | 31.03.2024 | ||
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| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | ||
| Funds | Funds | ||
| Notes | £ | £ | |
| INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM | |||
| Donations and legacies | 2 | 56,674 | 78,656 |
| Total | 56,674 | 78,656 | |
| EXPENDITURE ON | |||
| Charitable activities | 3 | ||
| Support for women and children in poverty in India | 64,139 | 33,562 | |
| Total | 64,139 | 33,562 | |
| NET (EXPENDITURE)/INCOME | (7,465) | 45,094 | |
| RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS | |||
| Total funds brought forward | 52,597 | 7,503 | |
| TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | 45,132 | 52,597 |
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BALANCE SHEET AT 31 MARCH 2025
| 31.03.2025 | 31.03.2024 | |||
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| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |||
| Funds | Funds | |||
| Notes | £ | £ | ||
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||||
| Cash at Bank and in hand | 46,298 | 53,763 | ||
| Total | 46,298 | 53,763 | ||
| CREDITORS | ||||
| Amounts falling due within one year | 9 | (1,166) | (1,166) | |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | 45,132 | 52,597 | ||
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT | 45,132 | 52,597 | ||
| LIABILITES | ||||
| NET ASSETS | 45,132 | 52,597 | ||
| FUNDS | 10 | |||
| Unrestricted funds | 45,132 | 52,597 | ||
| TOTAL FUNDS | 45,132 | 52,597 |
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Trustees on 27 January 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:
Mr D Braham – Chair
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) – Second edition October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
Going concern
At the time of approving the financial statements the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate funds to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
Income
Voluntary income including donations, gifts and legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of a general nature are recognised where there is entitlement, receipt is probable and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability. Such income is only deferred when:
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the donor specifies that the grant or donation must only be used in future accounting periods; or
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- the donor has imposed conditions which must be met before the charity has unconditional entitlement.
Investment income is recognised on a receivable basis.
Volunteers and donated services
The value of services provided by volunteers is not incorporated into these financial statements.
Where goods or services are provided to the charity as a donation that would normally be purchased from suppliers, this contribution is included in the financial statements at an estimate based on the value of the contribution to the charity.
Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised when a liability is incurred. Contractual arrangements are recognised as goods or services are supplied.
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Fundraising costs are those costs incurred in attracting voluntary income.
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- Charitable activities include grants payable in support of the charity's objects and include both the direct costs and support costs relating to grant making.
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Support costs, including governance costs and central functions have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Irrecoverable VAT
All resources expended are classified under activity headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the category of resources expended for which it was incurred.
Grants payable are payments made to third parties in the furtherance of the charitable objectives of the charity. Grants are accounted for when either the recipient has a reasonable expectation that they will receive a grant and the trustees have agreed to pay the grant without condition, or the recipient has a reasonable expectation that they will receive a grant and any condition attaching to the grant is outside of the control of the charity.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Fixtures and fittings
- 25% on cost
Individual fixed assets costing £500 or more are capitalised at cost.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
| ONATIONS AND LEGACIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| 31.03.2025 | 31.03.2024 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Donations | 56,674 | 78,656 |
| Total | 56,674 | 78,656 |
3. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
| Grant | Support Costs | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| funding of activities |
(See note 5) | ||
| (See note 4) | |||
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Support for women and children in poverty in | |||
| India (31.03.2025) | 48,683 | 15,456 | 64,139 |
| Support for women and children in poverty in India (31.03.2024) |
22,741 | 10,821 | 33,562 |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
4. GRANTS PAYABLE
| 4. | GRANTS PAYABLE | ||
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| 31.03.2025 | 31.03.2024 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Support for women and children in poverty in India | 48,683 | 22,741 | |
| The total grants paid to institutions during the year | |||
| was as follows: | |||
| 31.03.2025 | 31.03.2024 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Snehalaya Maharashtra | 48,683 | 22,741 | |
| 5. | SUPPORT COSTS | ||
| Management | Total | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Support for women and children in poverty in India | 15,456 | 15,456 | |
| Support costs, included in the above, are as follows: | |||
| 31.03.2025 | 31.03.2024 | ||
| Support | Support for | ||
| for women | women and | ||
| and children | children in | ||
| in poverty in | poverty in | ||
| India | India | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Sundries | 4,979 | 381 | |
| IT software and consumables | 420 | 420 | |
| Professional services | 9,600 | 9,600 | |
| Subscriptions | 457 | 420 | |
| Total | 15,456 | 10,821 |
6. TRUSTEES’ REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
Trustee N Cox was remunerated £4,800 (2024: £4,800) for his role as Trustee.
CEO J Connolly was remunerated £4,800 (2024: £4,800) for her role as CEO.
These payments were permitted within the charity’s governing document.
7. STAFF COST
The charity has no employment costs this year nor last year, therefore no employee was paid an emolument in excess of £60,000
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
| Fixtures and | ||||||
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| fittings | ||||||
| COST | £ | |||||
| At 1 April 2024 | 1,689 | |||||
| Disposals | (1,689) | |||||
| At 31 March 2025 | - | |||||
| DEPRECIATION | ||||||
| At 1 April 2024 | 1,689 | |||||
| On disposals | (1,689) | |||||
| At 31 March 2025 | - | |||||
| NET BOOK VALUE | ||||||
| At 31 March 2025 | - | |||||
| At 31 March 2024 | - | |||||
| 9. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR | |||||
| 31.03.2025 | 31.03.2024 | |||||
| £ | £ | |||||
| Other creditors: VAT | 1,166 | 1,166 | ||||
| 10. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS | |||||
| At 01.04.2024 | Net movement | At 31.03.2025 | ||||
| in | funds | |||||
| Unrestricted funds | £ | £ | £ | |||
| General fund | 52,597 | (7,465) | 45,132 | |||
| TOTAL FUNDS | 52,597 | (7,465) | 45,132 | |||
| Net movements in funds, included in the above are as follows: | ||||||
| Incoming | Resources | Movement in |
||||
| resources | Expended | Funds | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Unrestricted funds | ||||||
| General fund | 56,674 | (64,139) | (7,465) | |||
| TOTAL FUNDS | 56,674 | (64,139) | (7,465) |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS – continued
Comparative for movements in funds
| At 01.04.2023 | Net movement | At 31.03.2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| in funds | |||
| Unrestricted funds | £ | £ | £ |
| General fund | 7,503 | 45,094 | 52,597 |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 7,503 | 45,094 | 52,597 |
Net movements in funds, included in the above are as follows:
| Unrestricted funds General fund TOTAL FUNDS |
Incoming resources £ 78,656 78,656 |
Resources Expended £ Movement in Funds £ (33,562) 45,094 (33,562) 45,094 |
|---|---|---|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
| At 01.04.2023 | Net movement | At 31.03.2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| in funds | |||
| Unrestricted funds | £ | £ | £ |
| General fund | 7,503 | 37,629 | 45,132 |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 7,503 | 37,629 | 45,132 |
A current 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movements in funds, included in the above are as follows:
| Unrestricted funds General fund TOTAL FUNDS |
Incoming resources £ 135,330 135,330 |
Resources Expended £ Movement in Funds £ (97,701) 37,629 (97,701) 37,629 |
|---|---|---|
11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025 or 31 March 2024.
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