SHAH BAQUIBILLAH ORPHANAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1147041 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of the poor, the aged, children and the needy in any part of the world, primarily when arising from public calamity and in particular but without prejudice to the generality to the foregoing, for the purpose of providing grants, food, clothing, shelter, medical aid and supplies.

Objects

1.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.2.TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY IN BANGLADESH BY PROVIDING GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.3.TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN BANGLADESH BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.4.SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an excess of expenditure over income of £10,989 for the year ended 28 April 2025, compared to a surplus of £17,734 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity transferred £66,520 to fund charitable activities in Bangladesh and has paid a £110,000 deposit for a new property intended to generate long-term income.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• MOHAMMED AHSAN AHMEDchair
• RUMAN AHMED
• SHAHANAZ BEGUM
• Shamimur Rahman Bashar
• Shuara Bashar

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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