The Sreepur Village, Bangladesh

Analysis

The Sreepur Village, Bangladesh is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beckenham. It was registered in February 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sreepur Village, Bangladesh reported income of £595k and spending of £506k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £529k to £595k (+12%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Sreepur Village, Bangladesh sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Your Employment Settlement Service (£595k), The Hope Hub (£596k) and Shivia (£594k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 59%, charitable activities 33% and trading 7.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £158k. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £402k. Reserves of £232k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.