## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 1[st] Jan 2023 (Period start date) To: 31[st] Dec 2023 (Period end date)** **Charity name:** UTHAVUM KARAM (HELPING HANDS) **Charity registration number:** 1193592 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|A tutoring service is offered to disadvantaged
students in the UK with the aim of improving
social mobility.
Furthermore, the main public benefit is
achieved through grants to 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.
Grants are targeted in the area of education,
small business development and healthcare.| |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)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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.| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers paid a key role in the charity’s relief
efforts, with a group of 20+ tutors contributing
to fundraising efforts by offering regular
classes to children in the UK.
We also had one key volunteer on the ground
in Sri Lanka, who served as the main contact
point with families receiving financial aid, and
reported to the trustees on a regular basis.| |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|**Following the one-off receipt of funds**
**from Lycamobile, which was largely**
**directed to special projects in Sri Lanka,**
**the charity supplemented this with**
**recurring donations from the parents of**
**students receiving tutoring classes.**
**As the final Covid-19 restrictions lifted,**
**tutoring activity in the UK slowed during**
**2023, but were sufficient to keep up with**
**regular monthly payments to**
**beneficiaries.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |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**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Funds held at 31st Dec 2022: £331**| |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.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and 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)| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charitynumber|1193592| |Charity’s principal address|50 LOWBROOK ROAD
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Tharsan Rajendran||01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023|| ||Keval Shah||01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023|| ||Abinaya
Mathanarajah||01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023|| ||Riluxana
Ravichandran||01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A – No assets held as custodian trustees.| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**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**||| |---|---|---| ||Abinaya Mathanarajah|| ||
Chair of Trustees|| ||11/10/2024|| ||11/10/2024||