CONFEDERATION OF BANGLADESHI ORGANISATIONS (CBO)LIMITED

Registered charity 1145333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CBO

CBO is an affiliated organisation and operates at grassroots level. Focusing on holistic approach our projects include; Information, Advice and Guidance, Welfare Rights, Immigration and Nationality, ESOL with Citizenship, Skills and Employment, Education and Training, Women?S Services, Young People Services, Health and Wellbeing, Volunteering, Community Services and Development initiatives.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SANDWELL, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO ACCOMMODATING THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS OF BANGLADESHI DESCENT, BY:A) ADVANCING EDUCATION;B) RELIEVING NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS; ANDC) RELIEVING OR PREVENTING POVERTY2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SANDWELL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.3. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF THE BOROUGH OF SANDWELL IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY SOCIETY;4. TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £45,073 at 31 March 2025, which the trustees confirm is in line with their policy to maintain between 3 and 6 months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £58,893 for the year, with total net assets increasing to £772,009, supported by significant designated funds of £686,478.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investment
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £250k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/07/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MUHAMMAD ABDUL HANNANchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ABDUL QAUM
• ACHAMAN ULLAH
• MR ABDUL SUBHAN
• MUHAMMAD ABDUL KAHAR

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).