UNITED KINGDOM BENGALI CONVENTION

Charity number: 1185883
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF BENGALI CULTURE BY ANY MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE. 2. THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS AND ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS O

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £27,537
Total expenditure: £27,600

People

8 Trustee(s)

100 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 October 2019: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • UKBC (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr SHROBONA BHATTACHARYA Chair 21 October 2019
CAMCARE UK
Received: 2 days late
CAMBOURNE VILLAGE COLLEGE CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
Baishali Ghatak Trustee 04 July 2023
None on record
Dr Sandip Raha Trustee 01 March 2023
WALES PUJA COMMITTEE
Received: On time
Subhranil Bhadra Trustee 21 October 2019
None on record
Arindam Dhar Trustee 21 October 2019
None on record
Soma Ghosh Trustee 21 October 2019
THE GREATER MANCHESTER BENGALI HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
Received: 32 days late
Dr Arpita Ray MRCOG,MD Trustee 21 October 2019
ESSEX INDIANS
Received: On time
Suranjan Som Trustee 21 October 2019
BENGAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £11.60k £14.03k £8.92k £27.54k
Total expenditure £8.03k £16.46k £9.04k £27.60k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 21 November 2024 295 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 21 November 2024 295 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 21 March 2022 49 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 21 March 2022 49 days late Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Oct 2019

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF BENGALI CULTURE BY ANY MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE. 2. THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS AND ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS; 3. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG ELDERLY PERSONS WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY ARE HOUSE-BOUND AND OF BENGALI ETHNICITY (IRRESPECTIVE OF RELIGIONS) WITH LIMITED OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH OUTER SOCIETY, BY THE PROVISION OF: SOCIAL TRIPS TO CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES DEPICTING BENGALI CULTURE AND ARTS (INCLUDING TRANSPORT TO AND FROM HOME). 4. TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Contact information

Address:
54 BISLEY CRESCENT
UPPER CAMBOURNE
CAMBRIDGE
CB23 6JA
Phone:
07852753216
Email:
shrobona@gmail.com
Website:

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