SPORTING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1110461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BANGLADESH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION UK, BFA, BFA UK

The principal activity is the provision in the interest of social welfare facilities for the recreation and leisure time occupation of disadvantaged young people with the objects of improving their lives.

Objects

THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR SEX, COLOUR OR RACE IN PARTICULAR FOOTBALL WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID YOUNG PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE LONDON, HERTFORDSHIRE, KENT AND ESSEX.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small net surplus of £1,805 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £94,736. The trustees report that funds are materially in deficit in the unrestricted category, though the overall position remains positive. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Zakir Khanchair
• AKROM MIAH
• Anamul Hoque
• JAMAL HUSSAIN
• KHAYRUL ALAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• MANIK MIAH
• Md Fayaz Uddin
• SHAKIL RAHMAN

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Hackney · Hertfordshire · Newham · Redbridge · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COVENTRY SPORTS FOUNDATION.

• COVENTRY SPORTS FOUNDATION income £12.2m
• THE ACCESS TO SPORTS PROJECT income £896k
• R1 SPORTS FOUNDATION income £79k
• RECREATION GROUND income £102k
• FULHAM FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION income £2.9m
• SPORTS HUNTINGDON LIMITED income £60k

Side by side with its peers

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