# Friends of Vellore UK

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 209168
- **Other names:** FRIENDS OF VELLORE (IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 18, 1962
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=209168


## Contact

- **Address:** 2A CHALK LANE, COCKFOSTERS, BARNET
- **Postcode:** EN4 9JQ
- **Phone:** 0333 344 5245
- **Email:** office@friendsofvellore.org
- **Website:** www.friendsofvellore.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO SUPPORT CHRISTIAN MEDICAL EDUCATION IN INDIA BY ENLISTING AND MAINTAINING INTEREST IN THE SAID CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, VELLORE OR, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD, ANY OTHER INSTITUTION OF LIKE CHARACTER. TO ASSIST CMCH VELLORE OR SUCH OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN MAINTAINING THEIR CHRISTIAN CHARACTER AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS THROUGH PRAYER, PERSONNEL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

**Activities:** Support for Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India and hospitals working in partnership with CMC Vellore. Friends of Vellore UK seek to help CMC to ensure that everyone can receive appropriate medical treatment regardless of their ability to pay. We raise funds to support healthcare, education and development projects that benefit the poorest and most excluded communities.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
- India
- Scotland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Dr Thomas Benjamin Pulimood** | Chair | April 21, 2018 |
| Dayalan Clarke |  | Dec. 22, 2011 |
| Dr JOHNSON THAMARATHU SAMUEL |  | Sept. 27, 2014 |
| Dr Saji Alexander |  | Oct. 5, 2025 |
| Dr Susan Das |  | Oct. 7, 2018 |
| Hugh Patrick Skeil |  | Oct. 2, 2021 |
| LADY DR ARABELLA ONSLOW |  | Dec. 5, 2011 |
| Professor Michael Robert Burch Keighley |  |  |
| Richard Rajamanickam BA |  | Sept. 27, 2014 |




