Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

AID FOR INDIA 

Aid for India works in association with the Karuna Trust under whose auspices all new funds are raised. Hence no new funding was conducted in the year and none is planned in the future
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£6£5£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£6£0£6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21*£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£7£1£6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19*£7£1£7n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£7£1£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£8£1£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£9£8£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£9£1£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£10£1£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£12£8£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£18£19£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£24£26£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10?*£24£26£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£21£22£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£24£63£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£24£2£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£25£20£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£25£21£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 44 years

www.karuna.org

info@karuna.org

02077003434

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • India,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/07/1980, number: 280551
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 43 days late, AR20: 30 days late, AR19: 10 days late, AR18: 12 days late, AR17: 18 days late, AR16: 26 days late, AR15: 5 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 42 days late, AR11: 3 days late, AR10: 6 days late,
Main office

THE KARUNA TRUST
72 HOLLOWAY ROAD
LONDON
N7 8JG

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN INDIA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

INDIA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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