Sri Vel Murugan Aalayam Trust

Analysis

Sri Vel Murugan Aalayam Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sri Vel Murugan Aalayam Trust reported income of £157k and spending of £191k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £154k to £157k (+1.9%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sri Vel Murugan Aalayam Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emmanuel Baptist Church (£157k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Winners Place Aldershot (£157k) and Roots4life (£157k).