KAMLA FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 18 February 2008
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £24,283
Latest expenditure: £25,057
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 8 THE FAIRWAY, STOCKPORT, SK2 5DR

Website recorded by the regulator: www.kamlafoundation.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Foundation works in India with people who live on the margins of society. Supporting the most vulnerable to develop their capacity to meet basic needs and create solutions to poverty and injustice.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 15 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £24,283
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,057

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 6 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £20,328
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,022

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 15 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £19,074
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,822

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 15 August 2023
Total Gross Income: £21,574
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,265

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 5 August 2022
Date Accounts Received: 5 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £30,172
Total Gross Expenditure: £14,160

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 15 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £24,283
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,057
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 6 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £20,328
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,022
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 15 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £19,074
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,822
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 15 August 2023
Total Gross Income: £21,574
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,265
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 5 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £30,172
Total Gross Expenditure: £14,160
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 6

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: India
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: KAMLA FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2008-02-18T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24 MAY 2007 AS AMENDED 7 FEBRUARY 2008
Charitable Objects: TO RELIEVE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF PEOPLE IN INDIA BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE MARGINS OF SOCIETY; THE POOR, LOW-CASTE, TRIBAL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, TO HELP THEM BUILD AND SUSTAIN THEIR INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIVELIHOODS. IN PARTICULAR WE AIM TO ADDRESS THE;1) PLIGHT OF WIDOWS (ONCE THE HUSBAND DIES), THEY ARE DISOWNED BY THEIR FAMILIES AND ARE DESTITUTE AND END UP BEGGING ON THE STREETS2) ISSUES FACING THE DALIT COMMUNITY (WITHIN THE CASTE SYSTEM THESE COMMUNITIES ARE DEEMED TO BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SOCIETAL LADDER)
Area Of Benefit: INDIA

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures