## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 1[st ] Jan 2024 (Period start date) To: 31[st ] Dec 2024 (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|**There is no achievement/activity in this**
**financial year.**| ## **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
ofthe period|Para 1.21|**Funds held at 31st Dec 2024: £0**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**None**| |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
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:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|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)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**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 charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Uthavum Karam(HelpingHands)| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|N/A| |Registered charitynumber|1193592| |Charity’s principal address|50 LOWBROOK ROAD
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rajadurai
Karunakaran||01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024|| ||Thangavadivel
Thipaharan||01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 wholeyear**|| |---|---|---| |**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**|**Name**
**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)** Rajadurai Karunakaran **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of Trustees **Chair, etc)** **Date** 23/10/2025