UK Bangladesh Education Trust (UKBET)

Registered charity 1027704 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Education for Change, UK BANGLADESH EDUCATION TRUST

Working to end child labour in Bangladesh. We deliver basic and life skills support to children forced into domestic and hazardous child labour with a view to supporting them into education or vocational training or, if beyond school age, safer work.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH A SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN THIS COUNTRY AND COMMUNITIES IN BANGLADESH.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND SYLHET DISTRICT OF BANGL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £6,307 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £54,812 against charitable expenditure of £61,119. However, the trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £61,454 at year-end, which is equivalent to just over six months of operating costs. This strong financial position is described as ensuring the charity can continue delivering services without disruption.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — UK Bangladesh Education Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNETTE RUTH ZERAchair
• Dr Musharraf Hussain
• KAREN JOANNE DUDLEY
• Ranu Miah
• Redwan Ahmed

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bangladesh

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH.

• CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH income £118k
• BRITISH BANGLA WELFARE TRUST income £88k
• EDUCATION & CARE PROJECT income £57k
• ABU BAKR TRUST income £1.1m
• BANGLADESH REGENERATION TRUST UK income £165k
• YMO TRUST LTD income £57k

Side by side with its peers

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