Whitehaven Bangladeshi Welfare Association

Analysis

Whitehaven Bangladeshi Welfare Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitehaven. It was registered in May 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05881529). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Whitehaven Bangladeshi Welfare Association reported income of £35k and spending of £32k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £14k to £35k (+142%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Whitehaven Bangladeshi Welfare Association sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Apostolic Church of Christ, Citadel of Praise (£35k), The Strathspey Charitable Trust (£35k) and Orphans in the Wild (£35k).