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Documents & credentials

Our registrations, licences, government empanelment, certifications, institutional agreements and policies — alongside twenty-five years of annual reports. Every document on this page can be read or downloaded in full.

24 annual reports 2001–2025 22 credentials on file

Registrations

Statutory registrations

Coodu Trust is a registered public charitable trust. The registration orders and certificates on record are reproduced below — every number is verifiable with the issuing body.

  • Current instrument

    Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemption), Chennai · Form 10AD

    12A registration

    URNAAATC5133E25CH01

    DINITBA/EXM/F/EXM44/2025-26/1087616988(1)

    Order dated 20 March 2026, granting registration under section 12AB(1)(b) on a Form 10AB application. Nature of activities: charitable.

    Valid for AY 2027–28 to AY 2031–32

    View order (PDF)

  • Current instrument

    Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemption), Chennai · Form 10AD

    80G approval

    URNAAATC5133E25CH02

    DINITBA/EXM/F/EXM44/2025-26/1087616989(1)

    Order dated 20 March 2026, granting approval under clause (ii) of the second proviso to sub-section (5) of section 80G. Donations are receipted in Form 10BE.

    Valid for AY 2027–28 to AY 2031–32

    View order (PDF)

  • Government of India · Goods and Services Tax Network

    GST registration

    GSTIN33AAATC5133E2ZB

    Form GST REG-06 registration certificate, regular registration, effective 10 January 2019. Principal place of business: H-83, 6th Cross, 1st Street, R.M. Colony, Dindigul.

    No expiry stated

    View certificate (PDF)

  • Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Office of the Registrar of Companies

    Form CSR-1 registration

    CSR reg. no.CSR00000605

    Registered under Form CSR-1 to undertake CSR activities, which allows the trust to receive CSR funding from companies under section 135 of the Companies Act 2013.

    Approved 5 April 2021 · no expiry stated

    View approval letter (PDF)

  • Income Tax Department, Government of India

    PAN and TAN

    PANAAATC5133E

    TANMRIC01778A

    The trust’s Permanent Account Number and its Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number, quoted on all TDS challans, certificates and returns.

    Published as text. The card and allotment-letter scans carry personal data and are not published.

  • Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, Sub-Regional Office Madurai

    Employees’ State Insurance

    Establishment code57000813960001304

    Covered under section 1(5) of the Employees’ State Insurance Act 1948 with effect from 10 January 2023.

    Published as text. The coverage letter names individuals and is not published.

  • NITI Aayog, Government of India

    NGO Darpan

    Unique IDTN/2009/0001334

    Registered voluntary organisation on the Government of India’s NGO Darpan portal.

    No expiry stated · verifiable at ngodarpan.gov.in

    View record (PDF)

  • Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India

    Udyam registration

    Udyam no.UDYAM-TN-06-0029885

    Udyam registration of Coodu Trust as a small enterprise in the services sector, registered 2022.

    No expiry · re-classified annually

    View certificate (PDF)

  • National Stock Exchange of India Limited — Social Stock Exchange

    Registered Social Entity

    RegistrationNSESSENPO00188

    Registered Social Entity (Not for Profit Organization) on the NSE Social Stock Exchange.

    Valid to 12 May 2027

    View letter (PDF)

  • Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihoods Mission (TNSRLM) / Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Ltd.

    DDU-GKY Project Implementing Agency

    PRNTN2025RT0227

    Registered Project Implementing Agency under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY).

    Registration issued 16 December 2025

    View orders (PDF)

Licences to operate

Contract labour licences

Form VI contractor licences under Rule 25(1) of the Tamil Nadu Contract Labour Rules 1975. Each licence names the establishment the work is done in, the scope of the work and the maximum number of contract workers permitted on any day.

  • Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, Government of Tamil Nadu — Deputy Director, Karur

    Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited, Kagithapuram

    LicenceCLA/L/KRR00040/260

    Form VI contractor licence for providing support services for sundry jobs at the TNPL main site, Kagithapuram, Pugalur, Karur. Up to 450 contract workers on any day.

    Issued 24 June 2026 · valid to 31 December 2027

    View licence (PDF)

  • Labour Department, Government of Tamil Nadu — Assistant Commissioner of Labour (Enforcement), Dindigul

    Solid waste management, Dindigul Corporation

    LicenceTNDDLACLDDLCL-25-25-00011

    Form VI contractor licence for solid waste management in the establishment of Dindigul Corporation. Up to 360 contract workers on any day.

    Issued 20 January 2025 · valid to 31 December 2026

    View licence (PDF)

Government empanelment

National Water Mission field agency

National Water Mission, Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India

In August 2020 the National Water Mission, under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, empanelled Coodu Trust as a field agency for water conservation, awareness and capacity-building work, with the letter copied to the District Collectors of Ariyalur, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem and Tiruppur.

Empanelled as a field agency (Zone-4 South) under Goal II of the National Water Mission, 2020. The letter states no validity period.

Read the empanelment letter (PDF)
Letter no.
M-26014/1/2014-NWM
Issued
August 2020
Status conferred
Field agency
Zone
Zone-4 South
Scheme
Goal II, National Water Mission

Quality certification

ISO management systems

ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 — certified by Ingrain Global Standard Private Limited, accredited by the GCC Accreditation Center (GAC). All three certificates cover manpower supply, sustainable agriculture, capacity building, skill development, water and natural resource management, sanitation, health, education, women development and tribal development.

  • Ingrain Global Standard Private Limited · accredited by the GCC Accreditation Center (GAC)

    ISO 9001:2015 — Quality management

    CertificateMSC07251375

    Issued 9 July 2025 · valid to 8 July 2028

    View certificates (PDF)

  • Ingrain Global Standard Private Limited · accredited by the GCC Accreditation Center (GAC)

    ISO 14001:2015 — Environmental management

    CertificateMSC02262648

    Issued 25 February 2026 · valid to 25 February 2029

    View certificates (PDF)

  • Ingrain Global Standard Private Limited · accredited by the GCC Accreditation Center (GAC)

    ISO 45001:2018 — Occupational health & safety

    CertificateMSC02262649

    Issued 25 February 2026 · valid to 25 February 2029

    View certificates (PDF)

Recognition

A note of appreciation

One courtesy certificate sits on the record. It is kept apart from the registrations above because it is not one: it grants no status and imposes no obligation.

  • Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India

    Certificate of appreciation — GST, FY 2025–26

    The Board conveys its appreciation to Coodu Trust for prompt filing of returns and payment of Goods and Services Tax during the financial year 2025–26.

    A courtesy certificate — not a registration, a licence or a certification. Undated and unnumbered.

    View certificate (PDF)

Institutional collaborations

Memoranda of Understanding

Signed agreements with universities, institutes and civil-society organisations. Each is a Memorandum of Understanding with the term written into it; the signed copy is linked below.

  • Memorandum of Understanding

    Vyakti Vikas Kendra India (The Art of Living Social Projects)

    Term2023–2027

    Memorandum of Understanding for river rejuvenation and watershed management in Tamil Nadu.

    View MoU (PDF)

  • Memorandum of Understanding

    Madras School of Social Work, Chennai

    Term2023–2028

    Memorandum of Understanding for youth development, student fieldwork and research.

    View MoU (PDF)

  • Memorandum of Understanding

    The Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University), School of Agriculture and Animal Sciences

    Term2025–2027

    Memorandum of Understanding for academic collaboration, internships and joint field projects.

    View MoU (PDF)

  • Memorandum of Understanding

    Anugraha Institute of Social Sciences, Dindigul (Research Centre affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University)

    Term2026–2027

    Memorandum of Understanding for academic collaboration.

    View MoU (PDF)

  • Franchisee & implementation partner

    Residents Awareness Association of Coimbatore (RAAC)

    Term2025–2028

    Authorised franchisee and implementation partner for Wellbeing Out of Waste (WoW), an ITC Limited CSR initiative, for dry-waste collection and segregation in Dindigul district.

    View letter & MoU (PDF)

Governance

How we are organised, and our policies

Coodu Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees, supported by an Advisory Board, with day-to-day operations led by the Chief Executive Officer across seven programme and support functions.

  • Coodu Trust

    Organisation structure

    A one-page organogram of the trust’s governance and reporting lines: Board of Trustees, Advisory Board, Managing Trustee and Director, Chief Executive Officer, and the seven programme and support functions beneath them.

    Roles and reporting lines — no individual is named

    View organogram (PDF)

Our policies

Four short documents that set out how we intend to work, published so that anyone funding or joining us can read them. They are statements of intent rather than a compliance pack: none of them carries a date, a version number or a board resolution, and we do not present them as more than they are.

  • HR policy

    Recruitment, equal opportunity and the management of staff.

    Statement of intent · undated and unversioned

    Read the policy (PDF)

  • Code of conduct and ethics

    The standards of behaviour expected of everyone who works or volunteers with the trust.

    Statement of intent · undated and unversioned

    Read the policy (PDF)

  • Procurement policy

    Three tiers of purchase threshold and the approval each one requires.

    Statement of intent · undated and unversioned

    Read the policy (PDF)

  • Travel policy

    Authorisation for travel, per-diem tiers and how costs are reimbursed.

    Statement of intent · undated and unversioned

    Read the policy (PDF)

Our partners

The organisations behind the work

Coodu Trust’s work is funded by corporate CSR programmes, philanthropic foundations and government departments. We are grateful to the following organisations, listed with the period of their support.

CSR and institutional supporters

Companies, foundations and banks that have funded our programmes.

  • United Way Mumbai2018–2025
  • State Bank of India2024–2025
  • ATC Tires Pvt Ltd2023–2025
  • Renault Nissan, Chennai2021–2024
  • TATA Power Community Development Trust, Mumbai2020–2024
  • Karur Vysya Bank, Karur2022–2024
  • Krishna Mines, Tirunelveli2022–2024
  • Cheran Spinning Mill Pvt Ltd2023–2024
  • Bhuvaneshwari & Co Spinning Mill Pvt Ltd2023–2024
  • Asia Global Trading Pvt Ltd, Chennai2022–2023
  • Eversand AI, Chennai2022–2023
  • Gurukripa, Chennai2022–2023
  • Jandelil Redging, Chennai2022–2023
  • Karsusthiro Matex Pvt Ltd, Chennai2022–2023
  • KVT Homes, Chennai2022–2023
  • Naviruth Enterprises, Chennai2022–2023
  • RRD Apparels, Karur2022–2023

Government partners and programmes

Departments, missions and schemes under which we deliver contracted work. These are clients and scheme authorities, not donors.

  • Dindigul City Municipal Corporation — solid waste management2023–2026
  • Dindigul City Municipal Corporation — domestic breeding checkers2023–2026
  • Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)2018–2025
  • Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD Board)2021–2025
  • Tamil Nadu Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium (TNSFAC)2022–2025
  • Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation (TNSDC)2022–2024
  • Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)2021–2024
  • Rurban Mission (NRuM)2021–2023
  • Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP)2021–2023
  • National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM)2021–2023
  • National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)2022–2023
  • Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)2021–2022
  • THADCO2021–2022
  • PRI–SHG programme2021–2022

Coodu Trust also receives gifts from individual donors. We do not publish their names.

Annual reports

Twenty-five years, year by year

Impact summaries, highlights and the full reports to read or download.