BENGAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1191373
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Connecting the people with an aim to preserve and promote the heritage of Bengal in the UK through cultural, educational and art Providing support in reviving and developing traditional craftsmanship and applied art of Bengal Supporting preservation activities of historic and architectural terracotta building and sites of British era connected to Bengal

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £0
Total expenditure: £0

People

9 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
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • India

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 September 2020: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
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

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Suranjan Som Chair 21 September 2020
UNITED KINGDOM BENGALI CONVENTION
Received: On time
Sambrita Das Trustee 21 June 2021
LONDON SHARAD UTSAV
Received: On time
Dipanjan Majumder Trustee 21 June 2021
None on record
Pritha Mukherjee Trustee 21 June 2021
None on record
Jhuma Bhadra Trustee 21 September 2020
LONDON SHARAD UTSAV
Received: On time
Debarati Goswami Trustee 21 September 2020
LONDON SHARAD UTSAV
Received: On time
Bidisha Datta Trustee 21 September 2020
LONDON SHARAD UTSAV
Received: On time
Sourav Niyogi Trustee 21 September 2020
LONDON SHARAD UTSAV
Received: On time
Koushik Chatterjee Trustee 21 September 2020
LONDON SHARAD UTSAV
Received: On time

Financial history

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £0 £0 £0
Total expenditure £0 £0 £0
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants 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 December 2023 22 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 22 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 25 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 25 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 10 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 10 October 2022 On Time 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 - ASSOCIATION Registered 21 Sep 2020

Charitable objects

THE PRESERVATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF BENGALI ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE, BOTH MODERN AND ANCIENT BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF: • BENGALI CULTURAL EDUCATION • SUPPORT IN REVIVING AND DEVELOPING TRADITIONAL BENGALI CRAFTSMANSHIP AND APPLIED ART OF BENGAL FOR ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATES, SUCH AS, JUTE, PAPER, BAMBOO THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, SEMINARS. • CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC BENGALI MUSICAL AND THEATRE PERFORMANCE • SUPPORTING PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL TERRACOTTA BUILDING AND SITES OF BRITISH ERA CONNECTED TO BENGAL AND RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TOMBS CONNECTED WITH EMINENT BENGALI ENTREPRENEURS AND SOCIAL LEADERS IN UK.

Contact information

Address:
59 Moorhen Drive
Reading
RG6 4NZ
Phone:
07920028591
Email:
bhflondon@bengalheritagefoundation.org
Website:

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