Registered charity · South Yorkshire
Kannada Balaga UK
- 10 trustees
- Income £55k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Sumana GirishChair · since 2022
- Amit NaikTrustee · since 2025
- Ashirwad MerveTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Chandrappa ThippeswamyTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Jagannath GopalappaTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Kumar Thippeswamy NaikTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Rashmi ManjunathaTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Sumana NarainTrustee · since 2025
- Navya AnandTrustee · since 2025
- Roopasi Hegde BhajanehattiTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 2 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, India
- Website
- www.kannadabalaga.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£55k£61k
- 2023£99k£98k
- 2022£47k£54k
Earlier years
- 2021£63k£47k
- 2020£35k£42k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
3.1 TO PROMOTE, FACILITATE, ORGANISE, AND PARTICIPATE IN CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF KANNADIGAS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR IN INDIA. REVITALISE AND REVIVE INDIAN TRADITIONS INCLUDING, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE TRADITIONS OF KARNATAKA AMONG ITS MEMBERS, THE FUTURE GENERATION AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN INDIAN CULTURE.3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF KANNADA LANGUAGE, KANNADA LITERATURE, KARNATAKA’S ART, CULTURE, TRADITION, MUSIC, SPORT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INDIA. THIS WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY ORGANISING SUITABLE EVENTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF UK AND/OR THROUGH OUR PUBLICATIONS. WHERE NECESSARY SPECIALIST TALENT FROM UK OR ABROAD SHALL BE INVITED TO PERFORM/TALK IN THOSE EVENTS.3.3 FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN INDIA AND IN PARTICULAR IN KARNATAKA BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.3.4 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER IN THE FORM OF MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE) FOR PERSONS, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS AND/OR COUNTRIES AFFECTED.3.5 TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE.(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Sumana Girish Chair since 2022
- Amit Naik since 2025
- Ashirwad Merve since 2022
- Dr Chandrappa Thippeswamy since 2022
- Dr Jagannath Gopalappa since 2025
- Dr Kumar Thippeswamy Naik since 2025
- Dr Rashmi Manjunatha since 2022
- Dr Sumana Narain since 2025
- Navya Anand since 2025
- Roopasi Hegde Bhajanehatti since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Sumana Girish Chair since 2022
- Amit Naik since 2025
- Ashirwad Merve since 2022
- Dr Jagannath Gopalappa since 2025
- Dr Kumar Thippeswamy Naik since 2025
- Dr Rashmi Manjunatha since 2022
- Dr Sumana Narain since 2025
- Navya Anand since 2025
- Roopasi Hegde Bhajanehatti since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Chandrappa Thippeswamy since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 326572
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17 APRIL 1984AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 16 APR 2016AS AMENDED ON 08 APR 2017 as amended on 13 Apr 2019 as amended on 23 Apr 2022
- Contact on the register
- 07736682634 · sumana_girish@yahoo.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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