Shropshire Bangladeshi Welfare Society

Analysis

Shropshire Bangladeshi Welfare Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Powys. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2022, Shropshire Bangladeshi Welfare Society reported income of £25k and spending of £28k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2022, income fell from £38k to £25k (-35%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Shropshire Bangladeshi Welfare Society sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Umbrella Tree (£25k), Bancroft Mill Engine Museum (£25k) and Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative (£25k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.