Bangladesh Multi-Purpose Centre

Analysis

Bangladesh Multi-Purpose Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03524935). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bangladesh Multi-Purpose Centre reported income of £108k and spending of £102k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £68k to £108k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bangladesh Multi-Purpose Centre sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Q York (£108k), Yesu (£108k) and The Rabbi Moshe & Leah Dermer Foundation (£108k).