Shri Kanagathurkkai Amman (Hindu) Temple Trust

Analysis

Shri Kanagathurkkai Amman (Hindu) Temple Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shri Kanagathurkkai Amman (Hindu) Temple Trust reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.6m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £841k to £1.7m (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Shri Kanagathurkkai Amman (Hindu) Temple Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Education Matters (£1.7m), British Record Industry Trust (£1.7m) and Sky Blues in the Community (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 60%, donations and legacies 34% and investments 6.0%. Charitable activities took 42% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £124k. Reserves of £6.1m would cover about 46 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.