CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH

Registered charity 1124389 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education and welfare of poor children in Bangladesh by making grants of money or by providing or paying for items, services or facilities.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND WELFARE OF POOR CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: BANGLADESH

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wrexham, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£118k
Latest spending
£114k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £91,416 at the end of the period, derived from a balance of £44,081 at Cambridge & Counties and £14,818 at HSBC. The trustees note that expenditure has been balanced by personal donations and that reserves are kept to cover future education fees, though they expect reserves to be reduced in the following year due to increased expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Short term deposit held with Cambridge and Counties.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: Reserves are kept in order to cover education fees for children in secondary, university and nursing education. (reserves figure: £91k)
“Reserves are kept in order to cover education fees for children in secondary, university and nursing education.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2023 (received 01/08/2024, 154 days after the 29/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£118k£114k
30/04/2024£103k£77k
30/04/2023£32k£30k
30/04/2022£29k£59k
30/04/2021£5k£42k

Common questions

Is CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £91,416 at the end of the period, derived from a balance of £44,081 at Cambridge & Counties and £14,818 at HSBC. The trustees note that expenditure has been balanced by personal donations and that reserves are kept to cover future education fees, though they expect reserves to be reduced in the following year due to increased expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SISTERS OF MERCY SUNDERLAND1£210k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION1£13k
BC Partners Foundation1£124

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN'S HOPE UK LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH£118k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN'S HOPE UK LTD FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
EDUCATION & CARE PROJECT FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt
AL-ZAHOOR WELFARE FOUNDATION FY2024£72k—0unclear—no doubt
HIMALAYAN CHILDREN FY2024£23k—0unclear—no doubt
BANGLADESH REGENERATION TRUST UK FY2025£165k—0unclear—no doubt

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