BANGLADESH WELFARE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1127412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activity of the Charity is to promote and advance through community and voluntary work the social welfare, good health, cultural, social educational and economic wellbeing of the Bangladeshi communities based in Burnley and Pendle and other established communities throughout Lancashire.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE BANGLADESHICOMMUNITY IN THE BOROUGHS OF BURNLEY AND PENDLE, IN LANCASHIRE BY:A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THECULTURE, LANGUAGE AND HERITAGE OF THE COMMUNITY;B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION ANDPROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OFADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT IN SUCH MATTERS AS HEALTH, EDUCATION,WELFARE AND EMPLOYMENT;C) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITHTHE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED OFSUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIALHARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: LANCASHIRE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £52,703 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £47,226. This represents a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit of £5,477, with cash balances increasing to £47,442. The trustees confirm that accounting records were kept properly and the financial statements comply with applicable regulations.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• MUHAMMAD SHER ALI MIAHchair
• HENA BEGUM
• SADAR UDDIN · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BENGALI WORKERS ASSOCIATION.

• BENGALI WORKERS ASSOCIATION income £171k
• BURNLEY PENDLE AND ROSSENDALE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £2.1m
• BANGLADESH WELFARE SOCIETY OF BARNET income £319k
• MUIN WELFARE TRUST income £146k
• IPSWICH AND SUFFOLK BANGLADESHI MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE AND MOSQUE income £177k
• BURNLEY AND PENDLE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £354k

Side by side with its peers

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