Smethwick Bangladeshi Muslim Welfare Association

Analysis

Smethwick Bangladeshi Muslim Welfare Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Smethwick. It was registered in June 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Smethwick Bangladeshi Muslim Welfare Association reported income of £152k and spending of £58k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £46k to £152k (+227%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 240%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Smethwick Bangladeshi Muslim Welfare Association sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hemel Hempstead Community Church (£152k), Plymouth Islamic Education Trust (Piety) (£152k) and Turntable Furniture (£152k).