BROMLEY BY BOW COMMUNITY ORGANISATION (BBBCO)

Registered charity 1151005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BBBCO

To promote for the benefit of the community of Bromley by Bow in East London and it's surrounding areas without distinction by associating and engaging people in a common effort to advance education, provide facilities and opportunities in the interests of social welfare with the main objective being to improve the conditions of life for the community and the disadvantaged.

Objects

I)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BROMLEY BY BOW AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;AND(II)TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE CENTRE') AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME(WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR PERSON OR BODY)IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: BROMLEY BY BOW AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £26,418 to £27,335, resulting in a net income of £917 for the year. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting six months of core operating costs, and its current unrestricted reserves of £27,335 are below this stated target. The financial statements were compiled by accountants rather than audited, with the company relying on statutory audit exemption.

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 6 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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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.

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 31/08/2021 (received 04/07/2022, 4 days after the 30/06/2022 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06666305

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SALAM, Abul — director, appointed 09/01/2022on trustee list
• HUSSAIN, Khalid — director, appointed 06/08/2008on trustee list
• HUSSAIN, Najmul — director, appointed 06/08/2008not on trustee list
• CHOWDHURY, Mamunur — secretary, appointed 09/01/2023

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• NAJMUL HUSSAIN AAT / CIMAchair
• ABUL SALAM
• KHALID HUSSAIN
• MAMUNUR CHOWDHURY

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BROMLEY BY BOW CENTRE.

• THE BROMLEY BY BOW CENTRE income £3.0m
• ELBWO income £44k
• BARLOW MOOR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £544k
• ABILITY BOW income £264k
• BROMLEY BOROUGH FOODBANK income £355k
• PCC OF ALL HALLOWS BROMLEY BY BOW income £438k

Side by side with its peers

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