Ealing Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple Trust

Registered charity 1014409 · since 1992ammanealing.org·Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£124k

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

The trust's stated focus is child welfare and education, particularly children's homes and university students from low-income families in Sri Lanka, so work in those areas, or in Tamil Nadu, is the clearest match to its priorities.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown and ask whether a request of your size and timing would be considered.
The annual report gives no grant range, so keep an initial request modest and specific.
Organisations whose work falls outside child welfare, education and the Hindu religion may find less common ground with the trust's stated purposes.
The annual report does not describe how competitive funding is or whether relationships matter, so do not assume either way.

Overview

Ealing Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1014409).

The Ealing Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales. It exists to advance the Hindu religion according to the traditions prevailing in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu, and to establish, maintain and manage a Hindu Temple and Cultural Centre for religious, social and cultural activities for public use. The temple began as a humble place of worship. Its charitable support focuses on children's welfare and education, including a separate fund for needy children in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu who face starvation and deprivation. Its annual giving is £124,051.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The trust's charitable support focuses on children's welfare and education. It supports children's homes and child-welfare initiatives, and provides for children who are orphaned, abandoned or destitute through food, clothing, shelter, education, confidence-building and vocational training. It also supports students from low-income families in Sri Lanka who have gained university admission but struggle to continue because of financial difficulties. The annual report describes a separate fund for the welfare of needy children facing starvation and deprivation in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu. Alongside this work, the trust advances the Hindu faith and its traditions through worship, religious studies and cultural activities.

Themes

Child welfare
Education
Hindu religion

Geographic Focus

Priority: Sri Lanka; Tamil Nadu.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Sri Lanka
Tamil Nadu

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Ealing Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple Trust.

SivayogamNo public processGave £29,950 Hindu Tamil Cultural Association (Enfield)No public process Rosie May FoundationNo public process Saiva Munnetta Sangam UKNo public process Care Sri LankaInvitation onlyGave £104k Manitha Neyam TrustNo public process Marr-Munning TrustInvitation onlyGave £531k British Asian TrustNo public processGave £4.6M The George Davies Charitable TrustNo public processGave £375k Good Shepherd Foundation UKNo public processGave £783k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£841,460	£691,453	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£1,311,030	£933,146	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£1,870,266	£1,409,097	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£1,919,139	£1,881,495	£188,632	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£1,736,858	£1,573,705	£124,051	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2024

£189k grants

YE 2025

£124k paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.