Bangladesh Youth and Cultural Shomiti

Analysis

Bangladesh Youth and Cultural Shomiti is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03700476). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bangladesh Youth and Cultural Shomiti reported income of £368k and spending of £429k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £382k to £368k (-3.7%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bangladesh Youth and Cultural Shomiti sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Step Up Hub (£368k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Melton Mowbray (£368k) and Eritrean Orthodox Christian (St Michael's) Community Church (£368k).