FRIENDS OF BURMA

Registered charity 1200104 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AID TO BURMA (A2B)

We are a charity to alleviate poverty among war refugees in Burma ( Myanmar), who are forced to displace from the their homes by the Burmese Military forces, by providing foods, medicines, basic health assistance, basic educational needs and other basic humanitarian aids.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF BURMESE PEOPLE IN ASIA, BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF BURMESE PEOPLE.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

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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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 24/07/2024 (received 09/06/2025, 16 days after the 24/05/2025 due date); year ending 24/07/2023 (received 01/05/2025, 342 days after the 24/05/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr WIN NAING · trustee of 2 other charities
• Justin King · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kyaw Zwar Minn

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Burma · India · Malaysia · Thailand

Income and spending