Dunedin Tamil Society Incorporated — Arts & Culture Charity in Dunedin

Dunedin Tamil Society Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Dunedin, Dunedin. Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: The purposes of The Society are to preserve and promote the rich heritage of the Tamil-speaking population, whose cultural background are built on the three pillars of Tamil Language: Literature (Iyal), Music (Isai) and Drama (Nadagam), in the wider Dunedin region. The Society would also foster understanding, friendship, goodwill and appreciation between Tamil-speaking people and various cross-sections of the people of Dunedin Region

Registration Number
CC55462
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2021-04-20
Status
Active
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Dunedin, Dunedin
Email
vanakkam@dunedintamilsociety.org.nz
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: General public, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.0M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.0M$0.0M-
2024$0.0M$0.0M$-0.0M
2023$0.0M$0.0M-
2022$0.0M$0.0M$0.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (7)

NameRoleAppointed
Padmini ParthasarathyPresident2025-05-17
Priya HariharanSecretary2025-05-17
Ashwin RajeshExecutive Committee2025-05-17
Muthukumar ThamizhselvanTreasurer2025-05-17
Karthick ChinnarajExecutive Committee2025-05-17
Sankar Ganesh MuthuramalingamExecutive Committee2024-04-27
Senthilkumar VedagiriVice President2024-04-27

Former Officers (24)

  • Joseph Arulraj — Executive Committee (departed 2026-01-05)
  • Koutham Sethurayan — Executive Committee (departed 2025-05-17)
  • Ajitha Ramesh — Executive Committee (departed 2025-10-21)
  • Luxmanan Selvanesan — Treasurer (departed 2025-05-17)
  • Gajanani Thirumal — Executive Committee (departed 2024-11-29)
  • Kishor Kumar Ramavarmaraja — Executive Committee (departed 2025-05-17)
  • Kanimozhi Kalaiselvan — Executive Committee (departed 2025-05-17)
  • Ambika Jawahar — Treasurer (departed 2024-04-27)
  • Carthika Luxmanan — President (departed 2024-04-27)
  • Subashini Krishnakumar — Secretary (departed 2024-04-27)
  • Muthiah James — President (departed 2025-05-17)
  • Hemachandran Rajamanicam — Secretary (departed 2023-04-29)
  • Rajesh Katare — Vice President (departed 2023-04-29)
  • Jawahar Murugesan — Treasurer (departed 2023-04-29)
  • Sivashanker Thanapalasingam — Executive Member (departed 2020-07-26)
  • Christine Srikamaladevi M Marathamuthu — Executive Member (departed 2020-07-26)
  • Vignesh Chandran — Executive Memember (departed 2020-07-26)
  • Arunadevi Ramasamy — Interim Treasurer (departed 2020-07-26)
  • Kannan Jagannathan — Treasurer (departed 2020-07-26)
  • Nivethanan Kamalendran — President (departed 2023-04-29)

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $7,000

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Dunedin Tamil Society Incorporated

CC55462Dunedin, DunedinRegistered 20 Apr 2021
Data updated: 5 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating3d ago

Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

NR
Not rated — Volunteer / community organisation

Small volunteer-led organisations are not letter-graded: the standard financial template does not fit entities without paid staff, large revenue, or significant government funding. The charity's filed figures are shown above.

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Revenue

$32.3K

Expenses

$38.0K

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

About

Mission

The purposes of The Society are to preserve and promote the rich heritage of the Tamil-speaking population, whose cultural background are built on the three pillars of Tamil Language: Literature (Iyal), Music (Isai) and Drama (Nadagam), in the wider Dunedin region. The Society would also foster understanding, friendship, goodwill and appreciation between Tamil-speaking people and various cross-sections of the people of Dunedin Region

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
General publicPeople of a certain ethnic / racial origin

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$32.3K
Total Expenses
$38.0K
Net Assets
-
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (4 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
3.9mo
Could operate 3.9 months with zero revenue
Low reserves
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

31
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 6,944
High Concentration: 82% of revenue from Other
Other81.9%
Donations15.2%
Trading / Services2.3%
Investment Income0.7%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 360 peers · Arts & Culture · Under $100K

Rating Score
0
#57/361
Revenue
$32K
#124/361
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/361
Surplus
$-6K
#294/361
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/361

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Registration

Registration NumberCC55462
Entity TypeTrust
Registered20 Apr 2021
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeIncorporated Society
Incorporated16 Nov 2017
Registered office
6 Bounty Lane, Belleknowes, Dunedin, 9011

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

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