## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: 18[th] Feb 2021 Period start date To: 31[st] Dec 2021 Period end date**
## **Charity name: UTHAVUM KARAM (HELPING HANDS)**
## **Charity registration number: 1193592**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|- The advancement of education throughout
England and Wales for the public benefit
through the provision of supplementary tutorials
to increase the basic literacy and numeracy skills
of disadvantaged families.
- The relief of financial hardship among people
living in Sri Lanka by providing such persons with
goods and services which they could not
otherwise afford through lack of means.|
|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 tutoring service contributes to social
mobility in the UK and helps to overcome some
of the barriers that ethnic minority youngsters
face due to English not being their first language
at home.
Students gain confidence and a passion for
learning that comes from being assigned with a
senior tutor.
The ultimate financial benefit from donations is
for families in Sri Lanka, helping to alleviate
hardship and advance education in a developing
country, which has been affected by several
years of civil war.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All trustees are aware of the Charity
Commission’s guidance on public benefit, and
continually monitor the organisation’s activities
to ensure it serves this purpose.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Although the financial grants are used to
support the education of children in Sri Lanka,
the organisation seeks the support of parents
and ensures that they are committed to the
education of their child. This will ensure the
proper use of funds and ensures that it is not
used for other short-term spending.
The organisation also seeks to provide long-term
support to the recipient families. This building of
a two-way relationship is established at the
outset, and is another criterion which is used to
differentiate between families. Such a model will
also be applied as the charity looks to expand
internationally to other countries.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|**2021 was the year in which Uthavum**
**Karam became established as a charity,**
**with the focus on building a core base of**
**volunteers for fundraising efforts. Funds**
**were raised through the remote tutoring**
**services, which operated throughout the**
**Covid-19 pandemic, offering young,**
**disadvantaged students with**
**supplementary education.**
**Overseas, the organisation identified**
**families in Sri Lanka who had been**
**affected by Civil War and required**
**continual support to fund further**
**education or job opportunities. Towards**
**the second half of 2021, funds were being**
**regularly transferred to these families on**
**a monthly.**|
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You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Funds held at 31st Dec 2021: £1,422**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Funds were held at the period-end to**
**build up a buffer of cash which can be**
**used to maintain financial support to**
**families in Sri Lanka even in the event of**
**donations fluctuating.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Nil**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Zero reserves are held as it is intended**
**that all cash donations raised can be**
**used for charitable purposes without**
**restriction.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**No uncertainties over the going concern**
**position of the charity exist.**|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|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:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution – Foundational Model**|
|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|**Trustees are appointed by way of**
**resolution at a properly convened**
**meeting of trustees.**|
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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Uthavum Karam (Helping Hands)|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charitynumber|1193592|
|Charity’s principal address|50 LOWBROOK ROAD
ILFORD
IG1 2HB|
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Tharsan Rajendran||16/02/2021 – 31/12/2021||
||Keval Shah||16/02/2021 – 31/12/2021||
||Abinaya
Mathanarajah||16/02/2021 – 31/12/2021||
||Riluxana
Ravichandran||16/02/2021 – 31/12/2021||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name N/A**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A – No assets held as custodian trustees. 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
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## **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
**No exemptions applied.**
## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||
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||Tharsan Rajendran||
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Chair of Trustees||
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