1977 2025 48 Y•ar8 of Servlce standi￿ Comnknee of Tamll Speaklng People (SCOTI Annual Report by the Prtsldent 11 give8 me great pleasuro to present thi8 rwrumessap to the SCOT Membef5 as the President for the year 2024f25. A Look Back at 2025 SCOT rem￿n5 one of the UICS loThJest-staThYlng Tamil organisations, dedlcated to uplfting vulnerable TaM￿Speakng communities in Sri Lank￿￿peUaty In the Northem. Eastern. and Central provinces-thrwgh sustainable initatives in Education, Empk*yment. and EnN)owerment In 2025, vllh your continued sufv, SCOT funded aThl de￿Or•I woJeLts woth £30,000, L￿n9¥ tawible benefits to coMM￿ltieS acr05s Sri Lanka. y Inttiatives Poullry FarniitvJ- Mannar (£2.500): Created tsxi140 iob8forover 20 families tProLwJh small- scale famis. Children's Homes- Battl￿ (£6,8(M)): Supp(M￿ education and faralty wJrades at three home8. Preschool Teacher Tra￿ing (£4.000): Funded trainNwJ for50 t&*hers via Eastem Universty. Handloom Projects- Batticth (£8.0(X)).' ¥brmeTrhead8d househobjs through sustainatk livelifthds. Support for Vanni HoFe (£2.8001: Prov￿ edu￿l￿nal swport for 30 vlsually impaired children. A¢ad8mic Support- Eachilampattu & Mutur (£2.51X)): C￿ttin￿ed assistan￿ underprivileged students. Drama Nlghts- Jaffna (£3,300): Cr8**J eJeatNe oppothlties fff youth 8TrJ local artis1& Cataract Surgerles (£4,1￿).. Funded 110 suryeri8s arKI Batticaloa. These milestones were made possible onty thrcwh ow colledrie effort. Further ddails of these projgcts can be found in the Prw Offlca¢s Reprrt Fourmled 1977 1977 2025 48 Y•ars of S•Thlc• Slnce the last AGM, we have hekl five G*)eral Councl MeetiTrg4 wlh afurther meeting Klanned for 15 November 2025. We ran a SCOT Fundraising Campahjn onlhe JuslGrving platfoTh dwing DKember2024- January 2025, rai8￿g £3.000. We also held the 2025 SCOT Year Lunth Leclure arKI FurthalslThJ Evgnt on Sunday, 27 Awl 2025. 8t Chiswick Town H811. Our Guest Speaker was Dr Indr8irtCoomarag•Mmy, former Governor oftha Central Bank of Sri Lanka (201￿2019), ¥tho spr*e on .Ecc¥X￿1TCSta￿7Itya￿d TranSlonnat￿e Gmwth (including opportunities in th& North andEastJ."The lecture was well receivod, and the event g8nora8d a surplus of £2.762. We also be hosting the 2025 SCOT Dknner Dance and Fundraigng Event on Saturday, 1 November 2025. Looklng Ahud The need rem￿l￿nd so do8& ow resolve. tr￿Igh th)rAtions. vdunte8rr￿. or simply spreading awareness. your conlinL*d supwrt matters. Together, we atebuikSw not just betterlives, but a better future. The Annual Genoral Meeting for 2025 be W on Sunday, 30 November 2ff25, at Yako S Lankan Restsurant, 6 Hiyjh SI￿¢ Pminer. HA5 5PW, rnnoing at 10.co a.m. I look forward to seelry you in person. Please follow LNJr charity aLINths Membership forn￿ can also be doY4ithded from the websrt Tharkk you for walking this joumey ¥lth us. S T Srvakumaran President, SCOT (2024r25) Founded 1977 or .uk 1977 2025 48 Years of Se￿1¢8 Standlng Committee of Tamil Speaking People (SCOT) Project Offic*s Report 2025 Another Successlul Yearof Pro￿$ This year, we continLEd our mission through focused and Impactful nitiatives. Ourkey projert statistics dernonstrate this commttment: 80%of all prokct applkatlons were ap￿￿d. 75% projerts focused on Educatlon & Empry 25% projerts focused on Emplownent & Empowern These mid-term and short-term projects are carefully selected throuth our thllgent process and implernented In collaboration with local partners in remote, hIgh￿eed area5. Our iastlry Impa¢t For over 48 years, we have been supportlng vulnerdble Tamil-4Rakrt people. In recent years, we have successfully delivered several projects that have created a long-lasting Impart. including: Enabling over 30 students to enter varlous univers]tles in Sri Lanka. Creating several employment OPport￿ttle$ for the community. Empowering over I,IXK) famllie& A Heartfelt Thank You To our Incredible community of members, donors, advertisers. and patrons: thank you. Because of you, we have stood by our Tamil-speaklng brothers and sisters in the North and East of Sri Lanka during a tlme of 5igniftcant economic and global pressure. Yourgenemslty powered our evening classes and employment projects. creatlng a tangible buffer against adversity. Even when times were twgh. you helped us not only sustsin our mission buta150 respond to emergencles. The road ahead promlses new tests. but our resolve is stronger than ever. We rnove fonvard with an unwavering focus on our vision for the communty. EduCatIrA￿ Employn*n¢ and EmpDwem*nt (the 3Vsl. Below are the detslled woject I1￿1n 1977 2025 48 Years of Ser4lco No. Projert Name Location Focus Area Key Actlvities & Impact Vannl Association Supporting 25 children from visually impaired famllies. lOO% GCE IO/L) pass rate. 3 students entered university in 2024125. forvisually Handicapped linochchi Education Dipl(Ana in Pre-school Teachlng wlth employment certainty. 50+ students completed (Vavunlya). 50 current scholars (Eastern Unlversity). Pr&School Education. Employment TeachersTrainin8 Vavuniya & East Undergraduate fundlng & skill training for 14 students from remote areas {Malaya8am to Vannil. HUDEC Student Jaffiia Educatlon, Employment Support Free daily transport for over 10 disabled children to attess speciallzed schools. HOPE Trfncomalee Education Creating a cooperatNe for dlrect erfwloyrnent120 Indi￿ldUals} and family-level entrepreneurship {20 familiesl. Mannar Poulty Farming Mannar EmploymenL Entrepreneurship Providing flexible employment for 12women {6 in each center) through handloom weairing. Handloom Arayampathy & Kaluwathikudi Centers Employment Centre for Extra Eathilampattu. Muthur Supplementsry classes for IO0+ students for Year 5 & OIL exarns. Results are currentlv Classes Education 1977 2025 48 Yoarn of Sèrvice No. Prnjert Name Location Focus A Key Activities & Impact moderate. Thilakavathiyar Illam Permanent home and comprehenslve support for 34 rls (aged I￿181. Vakarai Educatlon, Empowemient Educatlonal support for 31 resident girls. 3 out of 14 eligible girls secured unlversity admission. Vlvekananda Illam Valaichchenai Education Residential horne for 40 boys. Recognized as "Best Home in Eastem Sri Lanka." 25% of io Harl Illam Battlcaloa Education eliglble L￿y5 enter universlty annually. wee￿ extracurrlcular activities (speech, drama, art) for ILM>+ children to develop Ille 5kllls. Artive Theatre li Movement Nallur. Jaffna Ernpowernient Mr Derrtck Nlrmalan Project OffI￿r CHARrrY REGSTrATI)N MUWER: 274499 Standing Comrnittee of Tamil Speaking People Unaudited Financial Statements 31 August 2025 SVS Hou￿. Oliver Grove. London, SE25 EJ Standing Commlttee of Tamll Speaking People Financlal Statomonts Y￿r endad 31 August 2025 Page Independent examinefs report to th8 trust888 ststement of finan￿al adivltl8S Statement of financ5al position Notes to the financial statements Standing Commlttse of Tamll Speaking People Indopendont Examlnetrs Report to the Trustses ofstsndlng Commlttee of Tamll Speaklng People Year ended 31 August 2025 I reF()rt to the trustee$ on my exanwnalion of the finanLial stst•ments of standW￿ Committsa crf T8rr¥l Spé*ing Pa0￿8 IYh& L*arity) for the yoar &)ded 31 Ajguat 2025. and ba•h of r•port AS tlo trustee8 of charity you arn re8FKJnsible for tng pyeparaltri of I￿ flnancial 8tatfftnts In cordance ￿1￿ the requir8ments of tha ClwiU8s ALX 2011 (Ihe Adl I r8POrt in respect of my examin$th)n of the charivs financid 1tatw￿ts carfgd out undar 8eGtk)n146 of tha 2011 Acl and in Lxrryin9 ¢Ut my &xaminaiion I hav& foilt)wed ai tho applkable lJracÉbn8 glven ty th• Ch8rity CommlJ8lon undtr $8tXion 145(51(b) of th& ￿￿. Indop•nd•nt mmln*A stat•n* I hav& o)mp16ted my examination. I cpMfirm that no malerial mqttors ￿ve Ci)ma to my attenJon in Jnn8Ct(on with the axarninat¢on gmng me ￿U80 to belwe that in ary rnatelal raspaci.. aecounting records were not kopt in r88pe(* of tha clwityas reqLured by 8•ction 130 of I Z th6 finanoal ststements (k) not ac(y)rd vAlh th0￿ or finanaal 8tst¢ments do not compty wllh tha applicsbl8 rnquiroments o)ncamlny Ihfr fom and content of accounts set out in th& Chartlios (AcD)unb and Raport81 R8gul8llon8 2008 olhor than any r4uirernont that th8 wunts give a true and f81tr view whlch18 not a mattèr ¢on8klwed a8 Part of an ind6Fwtht oxamlnalvJn. I have no trjncems and have com6 8(xo3s rTro othèr matter8 in eonn&lron wlth tho 8xamlnslon to whlch attentlon Skul￿ b8 drawn in tINg roport in ordw to an8ble 8 prow uThJer#anding ofth8 accounts lo t cheé. Mrs N Thiruvasagam ACMA AG London Cansultanw Ltd SVS H¢JA• C4iw Grove Lon¢Jan SE28 8EJ Dats; 23rd Octobw 2025 Standlng Commlttee of Tamll Speaklng People stat•ment of Flnanclal Actlvltles Year ended 31 August 2025 2025 2024 Unra*iGts bjnds fotd fund• Total funds Incom• and 0nd￿￿Tr￿ DonaticTh ￿ legacies Other trading activities Investsnenl incn•y•ar Net cury•nt ass9ts 18 Total asset$ less ¢urrent Ilabljit￿5 Funds o*th• chaiity Unreslricled fu￿1$.. Other Unrestri(￿Dd fund8 Total unr￿trICted funds 104758 eAI.7e Total charity fund5 16 Thesè finsnual stalements were approved by Ihe lThrd of tru8t8es and authorisgd for issu& 23r October 2025. and are signthd on behaMofth8 board ty. S &vBkumaran. IKsn8us TnJslee TrewRr Standlng Commlttee of Tamll Speaklng People Notes to the Flnancial Statem•nts Yèar ended 31 August 2025 The charity is a public banalll entity arnl a rEglslered thwity in Effjland and Wales and ' UnIncoTp￿a1e￿. The address of Ihe prinLypal olfv* is 69 LkKsln Ro*1. Harrv•i. Mlddlosex, HA2 7RH. st•t•m•nt olcompllan Th888 finand81 stsleThnts hM been prepar8d In (x)mplkne FRS 102, Thg Hnandal Rgporting Slandard wlitat4e in the UK and the Reput1￿ of Iraland., the Statement of Recommended Pracbc8 applicable to eh¥ities preparlig ther accounls in acctharta the FinancAal RerKJrting Standard applicabl8 in tha UK and Reput4c of IrelaTrJ (FRS 1021 IChariti8S SORP {FRS 102)) aThJ Ihe Chanlw *Kt2011. Acc¢￿ntIng polklos Incom• fundraklr¥J ventLYB8 IS shNi gTLW• wlth the associth o)sts in ￿ndra1$kn9 tsJ¥l& Basls ol PToparadon Tho finandal statsnwts have bggn prepored the mst basb. as nbxftfiv*J by Ihe revaluation of cwtain fir￿￿￿al assets ard liatMlitie5 and Inve8bn￿ wothies n￿ured at falr value throLwJh Income or expwwJitur8. Th8 fina￿191818¢8Thnts we rryared in stwfjng. ¢￿￿cY ofthè &￿ty. Fundralslng Costs Fundraising experKliture rjjnprtses (>Jsls ¥WT￿l in ndutiw pwjle and organi5allons to c(mtrbute finandally to the tharitls TIMS *K*Jdes the c¥xt of adv&￿81n9 stsging of SFecwI ru￿1[als1ng evanls. Golng cor•cwn Fund accountlno Unre8tri¢Aed fur#JsweavalL4blèfc*￿althed￿iOn trj futheranyofthothaws Designatgj fvrKls we unre5trklgd by th8 for parmc￿l￿tU1• propct ar Resth¢ted fijnds are subjected to yestslc150￿ on theirexp8ndlttue by the dorKJrorthrough tefflis of an appeal. arhl fal into onè of gjtkclasses.. rostrtc￿I Ir￿m$ funds or 8ndts￿nt Standing Commlttee of Tamil Speaking People Nol•s to the Flnanclal Statoments (eèfrth Year ondod 31 August 2025 Accountlrwj polld•s (¢￿￿*•• Incomlw rowurces l intomvw re$￿TC8S are Inchjded In the Statem￿ of ar thg sutrty of S8Th1￿ is wls¥l with thg delw cl tho contracted wwce. This dasslfied as ￿Tr￿trict0d knds u￿888 there k8 a ¢ontractual rgquirement fry It lo be spont on a parli(xAar purpose arNIrotum￿ If urwnl in hthich ca88 it nxy be reganled as restrKtsJ. Exp8r¥Jthra is rec(wis8d on an 8Lrrual8 b8818 as a liaLMKty B irwrwj. Exwdtture inckths any VAT vthlch I￿nn01 be fijlty r￿)ve￿d, arKI 18 daSsI￿ trladngsof the stratwn￿t 0f￿r￿ck81 athtt63 to vthith it rèlates: 6xpendilurg on rasing fuTvJs Irv￿leS ts (>)sts of all ac4vltkn, ¢vents, na t*arilable Iradmg 8ctiw"ties. the sale of d(Mthd gooL*. tharft*)18 8cb4ryb88 al t>Jsts r¢uThod ty a dwrlty in u[￿rtak￿9 a￿￿tIeS that furt￿ its ch8ritat4e th& of its t¢n¢ftcl￿es, Snthding thos& actiwbe8. othw expenthtLre ￿￿lKIeS al exwxfjlure that Is narth8rrda￿ kn raislngfuThJ$ kn th9 charity nor part of its exp8nthture on charitth acIN1t￿. attributat48 to a single ar*vity are aloc4ted dkeclly to that ¥*vity. Shared costs are apFf*tKJned bèiween the acaMt*s fhey c¢ntitJute to on a rea9Jn8bl8. juS￿bIe and consL%tanl basis. Standing Committee of Tamil Speaking People Notes to th• Financial Statements Year ended 31 August 2025 Donatlon¥ and l•gxl Unr88tri¢Xed Totsl Fw¥J8 Funds 2024 FurKIs 2025 Donatlons 3,107 3,107 1782 2.282 Général donation8 2.420 3,115 3.115 Ltyacy recelpil Mis(* subscripti￿ & Oth•r tradlng a¢llvltl*s Unre8trktsd T(4al Fundi FU￿ 2025 LknreSt￿ Total Funds Funds 2024 Dinnèrdanc4 8,900 6800 N8w Year event Urye5Ir￿ T•)lal Funds 2025 Lknrestrixed Tolal Fund8 Funds 2024 k interest rec8Natle 698 7. Olhor IDMrn• Unreslrthd Tolal Funds Funds 2025 Unrestiictod Total FUNIS Fu)d8 2024 Grft Aid tsx r¢b*6 Standing Comrnittee of Tamil Speaking People Notes to the Financlal Statomonts C<n. Klanner (Pryjtsy F￿l¥j Pro)￿t) Pre Sthoot To•*w TNniro.Vawmry8 WKI Battkx 2JOO Waters￿Jrfty Re88arth -Jafv Un vala￿laga Kdwvjar Mantr￿7 HuMedI￿ Intern8tiDn81 Lanka- M&jId￿ plant Handbom project- Bathcakna UFr Cotoract surge￿ mllktth8a￿ aub School for Drffgronty atled Va*wl 1650 4150 3,000 4,000 750 vtsualy Impeired Peo￿ EdUrnti¢￿ 2.870 Green HtyJBe PrO1￿*.Vo1Xt￿ TrainryKumbnJnKKIw N￿￿r Jaffna•Arts arml Drwna 1,250 Thrurbjal Midd(u IIXI T¢tal FundlN4 12. Emergow l Hardshlp Inthde the fol(**lry: Flood rel19￿88thc* DlstrKA8- via UFT 1,500 Flood relld.Manrw & th6 Hil c￿VIa Illam 2.000 750 750 IFbod rdlef.C¥JNm Vthu M81 Standing Committee of Tamll Speaking People Notss to the Flnancial statements(6•Kh￿I Year ended 31 August 2025 13. Indo￿ndent •x*nlnatlon f•• 1& Staff cogts Therowere no emktyes in th& (knrity as it is run by itslDJ8teg3. a8 wch no ￿5¢. 15. Tru•l•• r•mun0rath￿ and oxp byts tnth. 18 Analysis of charitabl• funds Unrnstrictsd funds Prlor year 1 S•pt•Trknr hKom• Expmmkn adiustn>rynt 31 Augu4t 2024 c￿￿[01 fij￿1$ 48291 31.650 139.536} Dedgnated Funds Mr8 Rasamma RagUn￿an l**nbxi81 FUNI (5.820) l¢atlMresan memrial Schc4arsNp Fund 10.OtKI 1QOOty English Teachers Traiiiro Prr48(1 12.4891 Standing Committeo of Tamil Speaklng Poople Notes to the Flnanclal Statements {¢oDthu• Year ondod 31 August 2025 2025 17 D•btOfS Other Debtors & Pr0payi￿ts 1,140 Inoimo tax reooverable SIts¢qL*rt to the tsx rofvnd of£5.615 be￿ Mxived from HMRC. 18. Crndkn: falllng *YtNn •)n• year Other ￿ed11¢Y8 19. Anal￿1¥ of n81 assats fund Unr*ct&J Total Fun Funds 2025 Total Funds 2024 1C6. 1ffj9SY 81.151 Cipditor¥ less ￿ 1 ye