KERALA ARTS AND LITERARY ASSOCIATION (KALA)

Charity number: 1144122
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

1) Annual Day- This year it was held at Berkhamsted School on OCT 6th, 2012. . 2) Nadumuttam- (reading club). First meeting was on 16/6/12 and the second meeting was on 24/11/12 3) KALA cricket- on AUG 25th at Bishops Stortford school 4) Sports Day- FEB 23rd 5) Literay Day- on DEC 8th 6) Palmleaf- a biannual magazine 7) KALA news- publication on news -3 publications 8) AGM- March 16th

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £26,900
Total expenditure: £25,298

People

9 Trustee(s)

15 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
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 04 October 2011: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • KALA UK (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
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

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Manoj Nambiar Trustee 20 March 2023
None on record
Dr Hema Santhosh Dr. Trustee 20 March 2023
None on record
Ajay Chandran Trustee 20 March 2023
None on record
Vaniya Nanu Kandiyil Dr. Trustee 20 March 2023
None on record
Dr Nisha Ramkumar Trustee 27 March 2021
None on record
Vipin Selvaraj Playikovilakam Venkitachalam Trustee 15 March 2019
None on record
Padmanabha Pillai Sreeram Trustee 15 March 2019
None on record
Kurupath Sathyanath Sreekumar Trustee 02 July 2018
None on record
Dr SUKUMARAN P K NAIR Trustee 29 March 2011
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £18.01k £21.45k £24.28k £34.78k £26.90k
Total expenditure £8.72k £16.05k £33.87k £25.67k £25.30k
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 2024 12 October 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024

(These accounts
have been qualified)

12 October 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 28 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 28 October 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 18 November 2023 18 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2021 05 November 2022 5 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2020 02 November 2021 2 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 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 20/03/2011 AS AMENDED ON 27/08/2011

Charitable objects

1)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF KERALA AND INDIA IN GENERAL, INCLUDING LANGUAGE AND MALAYALAM AND ENGLISH LITERATURE, MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS; AND 2)TO ADVANCE IN LIFE YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY;AND 3) TO SUPPORT SUCH OTHER GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Contact information

Address:
KALA
Kerala Arts and Lit Association
Kemp House
152 - 160 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
Phone:
07782324709
Email:
secretary@kala.org.uk
Website:

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