Bengali Association of Merseyside and North of England

Analysis

Bengali Association of Merseyside and North of England is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ormskirk. It was registered in December 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bengali Association of Merseyside and North of England reported income of £48k and spending of £33k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,672 to £48k (+456%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 193%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Bengali Association of Merseyside and North of England sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tumaini UK - Working for the Widows and Orphans of Tanzania (£48k), Discovery Church (£48k) and The Mothers' Union (Diocese of Canterbury Branch) (£48k).