The Berkshire Hampshire Surrey Bengali Welfare Association

Analysis

The Berkshire Hampshire Surrey Bengali Welfare Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Camberley. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Berkshire Hampshire Surrey Bengali Welfare Association reported income of £243k and spending of £221k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £119k to £243k (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Berkshire Hampshire Surrey Bengali Welfare Association sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Linwood Community Co-Operative Ltd (£243k), Igreja Evangelica Luso-Brasileira Em Bournemouth ( Brazilian-Portuguese Evangelical Church in Bournemouth) (£243k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) City Church (£243k).