East Ham Bangladeshi Islamic Community Trust

Analysis

East Ham Bangladeshi Islamic Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East Ham Bangladeshi Islamic Community Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £23k, spending 189% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £18k to £12k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 265%. Over the whole period it spent 300% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, East Ham Bangladeshi Islamic Community Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Faith Chapel International UK (£12k), Testimonial Ministries (£12k) and Rotary District 1180 Trust (£12k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.