West Bengal Charity Foundation

Analysis

West Bengal Charity Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in September 2012, 14 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, West Bengal Charity Foundation reported income of £469k and spending of £469k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £487k to £469k (-3.7%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, West Bengal Charity Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Milton Keynes and North Buckinghamshire Branch (£468k), Westmeria Counselling Services (£469k) and Fig Branch (£468k).