Friends of Kolkata Bhalobashi Foundation (KBF)

Analysis

Friends of Kolkata Bhalobashi Foundation (KBF) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability 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 organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Kolkata Bhalobashi Foundation (KBF) reported income of £26k and spending of £32k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £45k to £26k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Kolkata Bhalobashi Foundation (KBF) sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beani Bazar Upo Zilla Progothi Education Trust UK (£26k), Porridge and Rice (Uji Na McHele) (£26k) and Friends of Ludgershall (£26k).