FRIENDS OF KOLKATA BHALOBASHI FOUNDATION (KBF)

Registered charity 1176527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF KBF

Friends of KBF supports Kolkata Bhalobashi Foundation in India which provides education, opportunities and care for some of the most vulnerable people in Kolkata, India, facilitating education, and support for children who are disadvantaged by poverty and/or disability and caring for people who have no-one else to care for them.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN KOLKATA AND WEST BENGAL, INDIA:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WHO, DUE TO DISABILITY AND/OR POVERTY ARE OTHERWISE UNABLE TO ACCESS EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SCHOOLING INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND SCHOOL MEALS.2) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND/OR THE SAVING OF LIVES BY SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WHO, DUE TO POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS OR OTHER FACTORS ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AID, ACCESS TO A CARE HOME OR HOSPICE AND MEDICAL CARE OR FACILITIES AND SERVICES NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.THE ABOVE OBJECTS TO BE FURTHERED BY PROVIDING GRANTS AND SUPPORT TO KOLKATA BHALOBASHI FOUNDATION (KBF) IN INDIA.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £5,148 at the end of the period, which is below the stated policy target of three months' worth of supporting money. The charity received total receipts of £26,175 and made total payments of £31,673, resulting in a net decrease in cash funds.

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.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• CATHERINE EMILY MEREDITHchair
• ANKE RAABE
• Caroline Elizabeth Boyers
• Jennifer Griffin
• MONIKA WISELKA

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

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