UK Bangladesh Education Trust (UKBET)

Analysis

UK Bangladesh Education Trust (UKBET) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, UK Bangladesh Education Trust (UKBET) reported income of £55k and spending of £61k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £71k to £55k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, UK Bangladesh Education Trust (UKBET) sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope for Youth (Ni) (£55k), Warminster Lions Club (CIO) (£55k) and Tumaini Kwa Watoto (£55k).