Sivayogam

Registered charity 1050398 · since 1995sivayogam.org·Sri Lanka, United Kingdom·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£29,950

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

Its stated work is the upkeep of children's orphanages and an elders' home in Sri Lanka, with its website also mentioning school support and aid after natural disasters and war, so a request fits best if it falls in those areas.
Its geographic focus is given as priority United Kingdom and Sri Lanka.
Total giving was £29,950 in its latest reporting year, so a modest, clearly costed request is more likely to suit than a large one.
No application process is published, so contact the charity directly using the contact shown on its website or in its annual report.
Its annual report and website say nothing about grant ranges, timing, competitiveness or exclusions, so ask about these when you make contact.

Overview

Sivayogam is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1050398).

Sivayogam is a charity registered in England and Wales, with a purpose to advance the Hindu (Saiva) religion, promote education in Hindu (Saiva) culture, provide recreational facilities, and offer relief from poverty, hardship and distress, particularly for destitute children and elders in Sri Lanka. It supports the London Sivayogam Orphanage (Annai Illam) and gives financial aid to children at an orphanage managed by the Hindu Board of Education. In its latest reporting year it made donations totalling £29,950 towards the upkeep of children's orphanages and an elders' home in Sri Lanka.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The foundation describes donations supporting the upkeep of children's orphanages and an elders' home in Sri Lanka. Its website also says it funds orphanages and homes for elders and subscribes to schools, and describes aid for people affected by natural disasters and war. Its giving encompasses institutional support for child and elder care and school support, alongside humanitarian relief. The annual account describes donations as contributions to upkeep, and records that donations in that reporting period went to orphanage and elders' home purposes rather than other institutions or purposes. Its website also describes cultural, social and religious activities at its temples.

Themes

Orphanages
Elders' homes
School support
Disaster and war relief

Geographic Focus

Priority: United Kingdom; Sri Lanka.

How to apply

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

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Sri Lanka
United Kingdom

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Sivayogam.

Ealing Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple TrustNo public processGave £124k Hindu Tamil Cultural Association (Enfield)No public process Care Sri LankaInvitation onlyGave £104k Phoenix Community CareNo public process Rosie May FoundationNo public process Sri Lankan Medical and Dental Association in the United KingdomFixed deadlinesGave £119k Manitha Neyam TrustNo public process Saiva Munnetta Sangam UKNo public process The Maarif Foundation UKNo public processGave £765k Byrne Family FoundationRollingGave £123k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£397,623	£337,830	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£430,771	£355,779	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£524,070	£437,416	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£561,769	£477,910	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£662,382	£505,038	£29,950	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

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.