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SMT Kamalaben Bhanushanker Joshi, Samasta Bardai Widows Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 284544WembleyPoverty relief
Income£89k2025-12-31
Spending£89ksame year
Spent / received145%5-year average
Size in its cause65th pctPoverty relief
Registered1982Trust
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Analysis

SMT Kamalaben Bhanushanker Joshi, Samasta Bardai Widows Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wembley. It was registered in March 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, SMT Kamalaben Bhanushanker Joshi, Samasta Bardai Widows Trust reported income of £89k and spending of £89k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £116k to £89k (-23%), an average of -6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 145% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, SMT Kamalaben Bhanushanker Joshi, Samasta Bardai Widows Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Worcestershire Freemasons Charity (£89k), Nottingham Financial Resilience Partnership (£90k) and The League of Remembrance (£89k).

Income and spending

£0£89k£177k£266k£354k2021 Income: £116,2032021 Spending: £122,80020212022 Income: £94,5202022 Spending: £81,26220222023 Income: £91,2482023 Spending: £84,89520232024 Income: £112,2372024 Spending: £354,27020242025 Income: £89,4642025 Spending: £88,6242025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Our charity provides basic monthly income for widows in the Bardai region of Gujrat, India. Although the money distributed is a poor substitute for the loss of a spouse, it provides a small comfort of a regular income in both young and old age.

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