Westminster Bangladeshi Welfare Trust (WBWT)

Analysis

Westminster Bangladeshi Welfare Trust (WBWT) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Westminster Bangladeshi Welfare Trust (WBWT) reported income of £178k and spending of £127k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £54k to £178k (+227%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Westminster Bangladeshi Welfare Trust (WBWT) sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Legend on the Bench (£178k), The Chaya Reizel Hirsch Memorial Fund Ltd (£178k) and Halesowen / Dudley Yemeni Community Association (£178k).