BATTICALOA UNDERPRIVILEGED DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY ( B U D S )

Charity number: 1081305
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

BUDS, initially formed as a communal group in 1986, became a registered charity in 2000. BUDS has a multifaceted mission providing education and foster care support to children, livelihood opportunities, supporting the elderly, low-cost housing initiatives, addressing malnutrition, and conducting drug awareness and prevention programs for the deprived community in the Eastern part of Sri Lanka.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £21,253
Total expenditure: £13,711

People

15 Trustee(s)

14 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout London
  • Sri Lanka

Governance

Registration history:
  • 28 June 2000: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • BUDS (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

15 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Alan Kangatharan Chair 08 May 2022
None on record
Sivagnana Thayaparan Trustee 02 June 2024
None on record
Subaskaran Savarimuthu Trustee 02 June 2024
None on record
Nagarajah Rameshprabahar Trustee 02 June 2024
None on record
Britto Jeyakumar Sinnathamby Trustee 07 May 2023
None on record
SUMAN SANGARAVEL Trustee 07 May 2023
None on record
Nihal Thevarajan Trustee 07 May 2023
None on record
Umashanger Velauthampillai Trustee 07 May 2023
None on record
Arasaratnam Uththerakunaseelan Trustee 07 May 2023
None on record
Sureshkumar Senathirajah Trustee 07 May 2023
None on record
Sivananthan Balamurali Trustee 08 May 2022
None on record
Suja KOREIRA Trustee 08 May 2022
None on record
Roshan Rajaratnam Trustee 01 February 2020
None on record
Dorothy Muriet Mariampillai Trustee 03 February 2019
None on record
MR Sandrasegaram Umachandra Trustee 17 February 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/09/2019 30/09/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £23.52k £28.26k £32.53k £22.89k £21.25k
Total expenditure £10.83k £20.30k £18.01k £12.22k £13.71k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 20 June 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 30 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 02 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 02 August 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2020 29 July 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2020 29 July 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2019 30 July 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2019 Not Required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 4 JUNE 2000, AS AMENDED 15 OCT 2006 AND 14 DEC 2008.

Charitable objects

(I) THE CHARITY IS TO RELIEVE THE INHABITANTS OF THE BATTICALOA DISTRICT AND ITS NEIGHBOURING AREAS IN SRI LANKA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS. (II) TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF SRI LANKAN EXPATRIATES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

OVERSEAS

Contact information

Address:
98 Kings Road
HARROW
Middlesex
HA2 9JQ
Phone:
07983673881
Email:
secretary@budsuk.org
Website:

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