Registered charity · Barnet
Friends of Vellore UK
- 9 trustees
- Income £372k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Thomas Benjamin PulimoodChair · since 2018
- Dayalan ClarkeTrustee · since 2011
- Dr Johnson Thamarathu SamuelTrustee · since 2014
- Dr Saji AlexanderTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Susan DasTrustee · since 2018
- Hugh Patrick SkeilTrustee · since 2021
- Lady DR Arabella OnslowTrustee · since 2011
- Professor Michael Robert Burch KeighleyTrustee
- Richard Rajamanickam BATrustee · since 2014
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 1 more
- Where
- India, Scotland
- Website
- www.friendsofvellore.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£372k£390k
- 2023£357k£415k
- 2022£334k£332k
Earlier years
- 2021£712k£441k
- 2020£263k£256k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable 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.
Board analysis
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Dr Thomas Benjamin Pulimood Chair since 2018
- Dayalan Clarke since 2011
- Dr Johnson Thamarathu Samuel since 2014
- Dr Saji Alexander since 2025
- Dr Susan Das since 2018
- Hugh Patrick Skeil since 2021
- Lady DR Arabella Onslow since 2011
- Professor Michael Robert Burch Keighley
- Richard Rajamanickam BA since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Thomas Benjamin Pulimood Chair since 2018
- Dayalan Clarke since 2011
- Dr Johnson Thamarathu Samuel since 2014
- Dr Susan Das since 2018
- Lady DR Arabella Onslow since 2011
- Richard Rajamanickam BA since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Thomas Benjamin Pulimood Chair since 2018
- Dayalan Clarke since 2011
- Dr Saji Alexander since 2025
- Dr Susan Das since 2018
- Hugh Patrick Skeil since 2021
- Lady DR Arabella Onslow since 2011
- Professor Michael Robert Burch Keighley
- Richard Rajamanickam BA since 2014
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Johnson Thamarathu Samuel since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 209168
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 18/04/1952AS AMENDED ON 22/04/1954AS AMENDED ON 03/10/1960AS AMENDED ON 02/07/1962AS AMENDED ON 07/10/1963AS AMENDED ON 29/11/1971AS AMENDED ON 27/11/1972AS AMENDED ON 10/05/1978AS AMENDED ON 13/06/1991AS AMENDED ON 02 APR 2016 as amended on 27 Apr 2019 as amended on 27 Apr 2019 as amended on 03 Oct 2020
- Contact on the register
- 03333445245 · office@friendsofvellore.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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