Financial Transparency

We publish more than we are required to, because a small charity asking strangers for money has no other basis for being believed.

RegistrationLink to the section Registration

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| Legal form | Public Charitable Trust, registered 2016 |
| PAN | AAATA1234F |
| 12A registration | Valid to 31 March 2026 |
| 80G registration | Valid to 31 March 2026 |
| CSR-1 | Registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| NGO-Darpan | Registered with NITI Aayog |
| FCRA | Registered; foreign contributions held in a designated account |

The identifiers displayed on this demonstration site are illustrative.

Where the money goesLink to the section Where the money goes

Our self-imposed ceiling is that administration and fundraising together stay below 12% of total expenditure. In 2024–25 the figures were 7.5% administration and 4.2% fundraising, against 88.3% direct programme spend.

We do not count the following as programme cost, although many organisations do: the annual audit, the finance manager's salary, the accounting software, and the cost of producing this report. Counting them would make our ratio look better and would tell you less.

What we publishLink to the section What we publish

• Audited financial statements for every financial year since 2019–20
• The full annual report, including reading assessment results by school, including the schools where the number went down
• The complete school register with UDISE codes, enrolment and adoption status
• Every distribution, with the item list, the beneficiary count and the acknowledgement
• All CSR and institutional grants, with amounts, deliverables and utilisation status

What we do not publishLink to the section What we do not publish

The names, photographs, family circumstances or school records of individual children, except where a parent or guardian has given specific written consent and the child is old enough to have been asked as well.

Restricted fundsLink to the section Restricted funds

A part of our closing balance each year is restricted — money given to a named campaign or fund that cannot lawfully be spent on anything else. At the close of 2024–25 that was ₹18,60,000 of a ₹34,20,000 balance. Our unrestricted working position is therefore considerably tighter than the headline suggests, which is worth knowing if you are deciding between a restricted and a general gift.

QuestionsLink to the section Questions

Write to finance@aksharaspoorthi.org. We answer questions about the accounts from anyone, whether or not they have donated.