WAPPING BANGLADESH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1051893 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Welfare Rights and Debt Information, Advice & Guidance ServicesTranslation and Interpreting ServiceSenior Citizens Lunch ClubOlder People servicesMother Tongue and Cultural Educational ClassesEmployment and Skills Training ProgrammeCitizenship & Integration ClassesHealthy Living ProgrammeStudy Support and Supplementary Education Programme

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£147k
Latest spending
£146k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £911 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £147,032 against total outgoing resources of £146,121. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves stood at £54,878, which the document notes is above the stated policy target of 12 months of average recurring operating costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of average recurring operating costs (held: £55k)
“The target minimum Operating Reserve Fund is equal to 12 months of average recurring operating costs. Such as Wages, Rent, lnsurance, Consumables and Training.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£147k£146k
31/03/2024£151k£135k
31/03/2023£108k£109k
31/03/2022£157k£122k
31/03/2021£178k£81k

Common questions

Is WAPPING BANGLADESH ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £911 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £147,032 against total outgoing resources of £146,121. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves stood at £54,878, which the document notes is above the stated policy target of 12 months of average recurring operating costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WAPPING BANGLADESH ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WAPPING BANGLADESH ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, LONDON CATALYST, WAKEFIELD AND TETLEY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£14kCommunity Support for Older People
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kTackling pensioner poverty
LONDON CATALYSTFY2025£10kAdvice, health & well-being support for elderly people.
WAKEFIELD AND TETLEY TRUSTFY2024£6kWapping ESOL Plus Community Learning Programme to empower and support marginalised and disadvantaged women from the Bangladeshi and other BAME communities.
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kSkills and employment programme for women
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kWapping Community Access Point
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£1kWarm Hub Community Space
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£500Coronation Celebration Event

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company10/12/2025£60kGrant to Wapping Bangladesh Association
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2024£20kCreative Sewing & Machine Skills Project
Postcode Lottery29/09/2023£16kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund03/12/2021£10kSkills for a New Tomorrow
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/02/2021£79k"NL20: Freedom 50/50"
UK government09/10/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
City Bridge Foundation04/08/2020£93kGrant to Wapping Bangladesh Association
UK government30/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2020£10kWapping & Shadwell Families Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£1kWBA's 40th Birthday
The National Lottery Community Fund12/06/2018£10kThe Wapping Families Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund11/08/2016£9kBuilding a Better Future
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2014£10kWAPPING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROJECT
Sport England29/05/2013£9kWapping 60+ Sports Plan
The National Lottery Community Fund17/11/2011£10kThe Empowering Families Project
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2010£10kWapping Community Engagement Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2006£10kElderly People's Healthy Living Project

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WAPPING BANGLADESH ASSOCIATION£147k—0above—no doubt
REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt
BENGALI WORKERS ASSOCIATION FY2025£171k—0unclear—noted
CITIZENS ADVICE WALTHAM FOREST LTD FY2025£1.3m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
HISPANIC WELFARE ASSOCIATION FY2025£170k—0unclear—no doubt
SANGAT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£324k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.