## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From: Period start date 1-4-2024 To: Period end date 31-3-2025** ## **Charity name: Nalam Vaala** ## **Charity registration number: 1189081** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance in life and help children and
young people from marginalised
communities who have been displaced
during and after civil war, in particular in the
war-affected Northern and Eastern provinces
of Sri Lanka, through:
(a) The provision of recreational and leisure
time activities provided in the interest of
social welfare, designed to improve their
conditions of life.
(b) Providing support and activities, which
develop their skills, capacities and
capabilities to enable them to participate in
society as mature and responsible
individuals.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The young people we have been supporting
continued to receive mentoring and
resources support.
In addition, a laptop donated by a well-
wisher was given to a young person to help
in her higher studies.
Nalam Vaala donated learning materials to
25 students from a school in
Thambalawathai in Batticaloa, Eastern Sri
Lanka. This school is in a very deprived area
and the recipients of these donations have
no living parents. Cost of this activity was
£135
Nalam Vaala also donated exercise books to
50 students age ranging from 5 to 15 years
old from a deprived area in Amparai district
in Eastern Sri Lanka. The beneficiaries of
these donations were identified by the
school as most needed. Cost of this activity
was £223.| |||We organised a charity walk in London in
August and raised just under £1,025 through
crowd funding.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees are fully conversant with the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission
and pay due regard to it.
The activities we carry out are in accordance
with the guidance on public benefit.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|We have completed the pilot project (English
literacy after-school non-formal-learning) and
awaiting a final report from the school.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|With the first group of beneficiaries we
started with in 2016 we have made
significant life changing impact.
Two of the beneficiaries are carrying on with
their degree courses at the universities.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| Other ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Finance report is attached.
We have no paid staff. Trustees carried out
the work on a voluntary basis.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We are currently in discussion with our
volunteers and the tutors in Sri Lanka about
assessing the impact of our pilot project.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£ 3,253**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Currently our principal sources of funds are
from charity events and individual donations.
To prepare application for institutional funds,
we should deliver more projects like the one
we have just completed and produce impact
assessments.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Memorandum of Articles of Association| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Any new trustees will be appointed through
an open and transparent recruitment in
adherence to our Equal Opportunities Policy.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|The Nalam Vaala trustees have experience
of working in charities or as trustees in other
charities.
Before the organisation was formally set up,
a workshop was held on the roles and
responsibilities of trustees of a charity and
how to manage a charity.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|None| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Nalam Vaala| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|For a Better Life| |Registered charity number|1189081| |Charity’s principal address|28 Collyer Avenue, Croydon, CR0 4QU| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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15|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Cathamuthu
Raveendradass|Chair|Whole year|| ||Alex Purssey||Wholeyear|| ||Kathiravelu
Thambiah||Whole year|| ||Ratnasingam
Rajadurai||Whole year|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **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)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **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) Full name(s)** Cathamuthu Raveendradass **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** **Nalam Vaala 1189081** ## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/04/2024 31/03/2025 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**1 017**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1 017**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1 017**
**223**
**135**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**358**
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**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
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1|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**1 017**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1 017**
**-**
**-**
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**223**
**135**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**358**
**-**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations|||||**999**| |Fund raised through activity|**1 017**||||**852**| |Gifts(Amazon)|||||**19**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**1 017**||||**1 870**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| ||**-**||||| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||||**1 870**| ||||||| |Learning Materials (Amparai Dist., Sri
Lanka)|**223**||||**1 080**| |Learning Materials (Batticaloa Dist., Sri
Lanka)|**135**||||| ||||||| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**358**||||**1 080**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||| ||**-**|**-**
1|**-**|**-**|| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**_Sub total_ **
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||| ||||**-**|**-**|**358**|**1 080**| |||||||| ||**659**||**-**|
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**659**|**790**| ||**-**||**-**
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**-**|**3 253**|**2 594**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
~~3~~|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**3 253**
**-**
**-**
**3 253**
OK
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
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**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**-**|**Endowment**
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**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||~~3~~||**-**|**-**| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees ||||||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**||**When due**| ||**Details**||**liability relates**||**(optional)**||**(optional)**| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||Signature||Print|Name|||Date of
approval| ||||C RAVEENDRADASS||||29/12/2025| ||||||||| CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 4 ||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Transaction History||||| |**Account Details**|||||||| ||Account number:|**0892996723626000**|||||| |Account nickname:||**NALAM VAALA**|||||| |**Transactions list:**|||||||| |**Date**|**Bank reference**||**Customer reference **|**Type of payment**|**Credit**|**Debit**|**balance**| ||||||**amount**|**amount**|**(GBP)**| |01/09/2025|4681228 NALAM||JUSTGIVING|Faster Payment|£ 48.75
~~**(GBP)**~~|~~**(GBP)**~~|£ 3,302.30| |17/12/2024|EDU PROJ AMPARAI||C RAVEENDRADASS|Standing Order||£ -223.00|£ 3,253.55| |11/11/2024|EDU PROJ FUND
Tran||C RAVEENDRADASS|Standing Order||£ -135.00|£ 3,476.55| |09/09/2024|4024869 NALAM||JUSTGIVING|Faster Payment|£ 97.80||£ 3,611.55| |02/09/2024|Sirab Raj||C Raveendradass|Faster Payment|£ 50.00||£ 3,513.75| |27/08/2024|4004603 NALAM||JUSTGIVING|Faster Payment|£78.18||£ 3,463.75| |27/08/2024|RAM||RAMARAJAHA V|Faster Payment|£ 50.00||£ 3,385.57| |23/08/2024|4552601126880000||000000 CREDIT|Own Account Credit|£125.00||£ 3,335.57| |19/08/2024|FATIMATHAS||FatimathasAnthony|Faster Payment|£100.00||£ 3,210.57| |19/08/2024|FATIMATHAS||FatimathasAnthony|Faster Payment|£100.00||£ 3,110.57| |13/08/2024|Sivanathan||KATHIRAVELU
SIVANA|Faster Payment|£ 100.00||£ 3,010.57| |12/08/2024|Sri||SRIKANTHAN A& G|Faster Payment|£ 30.00||£ 2,910.57| |09/08/2024|joshana||PRAHALATHAN|Faster Payment|£ 50.00||£ 2,880.57| |29/07/2024|3961060 NALAM||JUSTGIVING|Faster Payment|£156.36||£ 2,830.57| |29/07/2024|CHARITY WALK||JEGANATHAN T|Faster Payment|£ 30.00||£ 2,674.21| |22/07/2024|Nalam Vaala||VUthayakumar|Faster Payment|£ 50.00||£ 2,644.21| |14/02/2024|Literacy Project||Anthonypillai Fati|Standing Order||£ -254.00|£ 2,594.21|