Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 01 07 2023 30 06 2024
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name CAMBRIDGE UNITED TELUGU ASSOCIATION
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1190852
Charity's principal address
27 OLSEN ROAD Bury St Edmunds Postcode IP32 7QN
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Chiranjeevi Sandi | Wholeyear | |||
| Srikanth Chundu | Chair | Wholeyear | ||
| Thurupathi Kappara | Wholeyear | |||
| Gayathri Turai | Wholeyear | |||
| Priyanka Pasupuleti | Wholeyear | |||
| LuckyAlwal | Wholeyear | |||
| PradeepSusarla | Wholeyear | |||
| Naresh Thandu | Wholeyear | |||
| Ravindra Alluri | Wholeyear | |||
| Anand Medapati | 10/06/2024 – 30/06/2024 | |||
| Prashanth Nellutla | 10/06/2024 -30/06/2024 | |||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Constitution
Association
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Elected
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
None
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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1) To advance education for the public benefit of Telugu arts, culture, and heritage in the Cambridgeshire region by:- · organising events and activities that enables people to celebrate festivals together, foster friendship and build a stronger community; building a platform for children that enables learning and understanding of Telugu culture and language by organising classes and seminars on a regular basis; · raising and disbursing funds for cultural and educational purposes -
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either directly or by working with non profit organisations in UK and
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| Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) |
other countries; and · facilitating outreach to a wider Telugu community via affiliating with other Telugu organisations within UK and Europe. 2) To relieve people who are in need, by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or social circumstances in such ways as the trustees shall think fit and by acting as go-to organisation for connecting people and offering both physical and emotional support during emergencies and pandemics in the community; and 3) To support such general charitable purposes as the trustees may in their absolute discretion determine. |
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| Organizing events relating to Telugu culture and festivals. Organizing meet and greet for newly arrived people to the UK Potluck events for community to interact |
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
We have organised three important cultural events namely Ugadi, Summary of the main Bathukamma and Diwali and, these festivals bring people who speak achievements of the charity Telugu to come together and celebrate these events. These events acted during the year as base for people to interact, children to learn and understand the traditions of Telugu culture. This also acted as a platform for new people who have arrived in the UK, to develop relationships and make new friends among the community. There was lot of positive feedback from the attendees, good food, cultural music, dance and songs all made the vents very successful. These are something which we will carry on.
We wanted to start organising teaching traditional dance classes, but sourcing a volunteer teacher has been challenging and finding a suitable venue has been difficult. This is something which we will pursue further.
We managed to attract a number of new community members based on our past activities. We have more ambitious plans for the forthcoming years to expand and achieve our goals.
Section E Financial review
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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
The charity has £760 in the account, this was after the expenses paid off. These reserves are the money raised minus the costs of the events completed. Accounts already submitted
Details of any funds materially in deficit
None
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
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Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Full name(s) Srikanth Chundu Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 14/07/2025
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