BENGALI CULTURAL SOCIETY, READING

Registered charity 1161671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCS READING

We organise a series of cultural, art and heritage related programmes that are usually delivered free of charge, on a charitable basis, to all participants and the audience.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN READING AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS: A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BENGALI AND INDIAN CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND HERITAGE, INCLUDING THE MUSIC, ART, LITERATURE, TRADITIONS AND HISTORY OF BENGAL AND INDIA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE ANDC) SUCH 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.

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 maintained its financial health with unrestricted reserves of £26,736.40 at year-end, despite a decrease from the previous year's £32,914.08. The trustees attribute this stability to financial prudence and the resumption of in-person events after pandemic-related disruptions. No formal fundraising was conducted during the period, with income derived from subscriptions, activities, and donations.

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.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Archana Daschair
• Arpita Talukder
• Chandan Bhowmik
• Irana Mukherjee
• Krishnandu Sarkar
• RANA RAY
• RATNA GHOSH
• SANJOY PAUL
• Samik Chakraborty
• Shubhendu Das

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

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