# THE KARTA INITIATIVE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1173020
- **Other names:** KARTA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 12, 2017
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1173020


## Contact

- **Address:** The Karta Initiative, Wheelwrights, Cuxham, WATLINGTON, Oxfordshire
- **Postcode:** OX49 5NF
- **Phone:** 07917 573000
- **Email:** hello@karta-initiative.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.karta-initiative.org.uk/index.html



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY WIDENING ACCESS TO WORLD-CLASS HIGHER EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PERSONS FROM FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS IN DEVELOPING AND EMERGING COUNTRIES.?

**Activities:** As a social mobility movement for the "bottom billion", we aim to transform the life outcomes of impoverished high-potential young people in developing/emerging countries. We widen access to world-class educational and professional opportunity: engaging human, technology and financial capital, to dismantle barriers of exposure, information, infrastructure, skills, finance and social networks.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Canada
- India
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £140338 | £193135 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £116911 | £99051 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £133167 | £222922 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £139567 | £159477 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £155969 | £105463 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Vibhav Nuwal** (Chair) — appointed June 17, 2022
- Anup Mysoor — appointed March 16, 2026
- Arun Kumar — appointed Feb. 27, 2026
- Priyamvada Sharma — appointed March 12, 2026
- Sian Elizabeth Hansen — appointed Feb. 18, 2026
- Stephen Tall — appointed Jan. 12, 2022