The Standing Committee of Tamil Speaking People

Analysis

The Standing Committee of Tamil Speaking People is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrow. It was registered in March 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Standing Committee of Tamil Speaking People reported income of £91k and spending of £45k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £25k to £91k (+260%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 181%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Standing Committee of Tamil Speaking People sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heart for India (£91k), The Education & Community Partnership (£91k) and The George Balint Charitable Trust (£91k).