CITY BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 1089321 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CITY BANGLADESH COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTRE TRUST

The main activities include the advancement of education and training in particular Islamic education, providing counselling service to the local community, offering Bengali mother tongue classes to children and general services to improve the overall condition of life of local community.

Objects

"THE TRUST" IS ESTABLISHED IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF BENGALIS LIVING IN GREATER LONDON IN GENERAL AND BETHNAL GREEN AREA IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS IN PARTICULAR (THE PRINCIPAL AREA OF BENEFIT) TO :- 1. ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF ISLAM. 11. ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPLEMENTARY AND BENGALI MOTHER CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPAL AREA OF BENEFIT. 111. RELIEVE DISABLED AND ELDERLY PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY THE PROVISION OF A DAY CENTRE AND ADVICE AND INFORMATION IN THE PRINCIPAL AREA OF BENEFIT; AND 1V. PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE CHILDREN AND ELDERLY BENGALIS OF THE PRINCIPAL AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON AND THE BETHNAL GREEN AREA IN PARTICULAR

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 · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income
£87k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £894,473, supported by net income of £54,574. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and maintain reserves to secure long-term sustainability. The charity holds significant tangible fixed assets valued at £1,007,422 against creditors of £135,918.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: appropriate level of capital reserves designed to secure the long term sustainability of the organisation and enable it to meet its financial obligations as and when they fall due (held: £894k)
“CBCCC policy is to maintain an appropriate level of capital reserves designed to secure the long term sustainability of the organisation and enable it to meet its financial obligations as and when they fall due” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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£87k£32k
31/03/2024£91k£54k
31/03/2023£80k£42k
31/03/2022£88k£25k
31/03/2021£87k£27k

Common questions

Is CITY BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £894,473, supported by net income of £54,574. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and maintain reserves to secure long-term sustainability. The charity holds significant tangible fixed assets valued at £1,007,422 against creditors of £135,918. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.