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Registered charity · London

Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £182k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 4 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.twan.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) U.K.
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£182k£151k
  • 2023£247k£150k
  • 2022£162k£112k
Earlier years
  • 2021£198k£171k
  • 2020£267k£199k
Charitable objects

(A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS PRIMARILY OF THE TAMIL COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING THE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INTERESTS OF TAMIL SPEAKING PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE PROVISION OF TAMIL LANGUAGE CLASSES LIBRARY FACILITIES CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. (C) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THOSE WHO NEED THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS IN LIFE. (D) TO PROMOTE THE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TAMIL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY JOINTLY WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS HAVING SIMILAR CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES TO THOSE OF THE COMPANY

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6.6y median 6y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.3y
average years in governance
7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 9Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 8Professional services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£182k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
50%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1047487
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 AUGUST 1994
Companies House
Company number 02962857 · Active
Contact on the register
02084780577 · TWAN@TWAN.ORG.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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