BRAC Europe
Registered charity 1115482 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRAC UK
BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that partners with over 100 million people in 14 countries living with inequality and poverty, to create opportunities to realise human potential. As an affiliate, BRAC Europe focuses on fundraising and policy influence, forging strategic partnerships to mobilise resources and advocate for solutions to extreme poverty.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £0.90m, which is above the Board's stated target range of £0.45m to £0.55m. The charity reported a small unrestricted deficit of £48,000 for the six-month period, with total income of £1.2m and total expenditure of £1.2m. The Board confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: BRAC core support (66% of income)
“The annual grant from BRAC to support BRAC Europe’s fundraising, communications and advocacy work in Europe (unrestricted funding). The total value of this grant was £0.8m” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £0.45m to £0.55m (held: £901k)
“At 30 June 2025 the Board determined that the target reserves level should be in a range of £0.45m to £0.55m.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Intercompany payables/receivables
“As at 30 June 2025 BRAC Europe was owed £16,482 by BRAC USA, and BRAC Europe owed BRAC USA £8,995.”
“As at 30 June 2025 BRAC Europe was also owed £136,784 by BRAC in respect of funding for a project which ended in December 2024.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Outstanding project funding receivable
“As at 30 June 2025 BRAC Europe was owed £16,482 by BRAC USA, and BRAC Europe owed BRAC USA £8,995.”
“As at 30 June 2025 BRAC Europe was also owed £136,784 by BRAC in respect of funding for a project which ended in December 2024.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BRAC (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Divya Bajpai — Executive Director (source)
- Gulru Dodkhudoeva — Deputy Executive Director and Director of Partnerships (source)
- Chris Lyne — Director of Communications and External Engagement (source)
- Giles Totterdell — Director of Finance and Operations (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£441k
Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (06/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bangladesh · Liberia · Philippines · Rwanda · Sierra Leone · Tanzania · Uganda
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BRAC Europe financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £0.90m, which is above the Board's stated target range of £0.45m to £0.55m. The charity reported a small unrestricted deficit of £48,000 for the six-month period, with total income of £1.2m and total expenditure of £1.2m. The Board confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
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