Chittagong Welfare Trust UK (Cwtuk)

Analysis

Chittagong Welfare Trust UK (Cwtuk) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chittagong Welfare Trust UK (Cwtuk) reported income of £22k and spending of £16k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £45k to £22k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chittagong Welfare Trust UK (Cwtuk) sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norman Collinson Charitable Trust (£22k), The Rosetta Trust (£22k) and Ward Buddies (£22k).