GREATER SYLHET DEVELOPMENT & WELFARE COUNCIL ( U.K.)

Registered charity 1087711 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable work with young people, Elderly Peoples, Support to the voluntary work for disadvanges people from Greater Sylhet Region of Bangladesh in UK. working with the mainstream voluntary organisation for youth work, improve community cohession and community activities.

Objects

(A) THE OBJECTS OF THE GSC ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE FROM GREATER SYLHET OR WHO ARE OF GREATER SYLHETI DESCENT BY :- (1) RELIEVING PERSONS IN GREATER SYLHET AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE GSC THROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE AND WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OR LOANS AND THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION CONCERNING SUBJECTS SUCH AS HOUSING, WELFARE BENEFITS, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, EDUCATION, IMMIGRATION AND OTHER MATTERS. (2) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND TRAINING (3) PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, AND (4) FURTHERING SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS THE GSC THROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: GREATER SYLHET AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£81k
Latest spending
£54k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £26,962 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £47,578. The independent examiner's report confirms that the financial statements were compiled but no opinion is given as to whether they present a 'true and fair' view. The charity is managed by an Executive Committee and operates as an unincorporated association.

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 4 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£81k£54k
31/03/2024£21k£30k
31/03/2023£93k£102k
31/03/2022£23k£31k
31/03/2021£49k£47k

Common questions

Is GREATER SYLHET DEVELOPMENT & WELFARE COUNCIL ( U.K.) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £26,962 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £47,578. The independent examiner's report confirms that the financial statements were compiled but no opinion is given as to whether they present a 'true and fair' view. The charity is managed by an Executive Committee and operates as an unincorporated association. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government28/09/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2008£10kBangladeshi Community Volunteers Resource Base