Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

WALSALL BANGLADESHI PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Walsall MBC area and in particul;ar those inhabitants who are of Bangladesh origin or descent without distinction of sex ,sexual orientation,race,political.religious or other opinions by associating together the said inhabitants and the local authorities in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£60£56£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£64£66£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£77£56£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£17£16£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£11£9£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£29£11£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£19£21£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£14£9£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£77£92£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£94£80£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£81£87£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£64£64£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£76£99£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£110£98£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£95£103£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£77£92£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07?*£64£60£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£111£75£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£70£72£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 32 years

wbpsuk@yahoo.co.uk

01922610773

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Walsall,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£214,286
People's Health Trust£37,118
BBC Children in Need£30,380
DCMS£8,780
Sport England£2,992
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Womens Sports Programme for Better Health
£2,992 09/02/2024
8
This project will run a weekly 2 hour activity session hiring 4 courts for 9 months at a local sports hall on the Walsall campus of the University of Wolverhampton for badminton, and other indoor sports for women and girls. Football would take place ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SPARC 2 (Supporting Participation Actively Rejuvenating the Community)
£129,356 27/04/2023
This funding will support their work in Pleck Walsall by providing a mix of group-based and individual support for the Bangladeshi community. This includes employability guidance health advice environmental engagement and women’s support.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Walsall Bangladeshi Progressive Society
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating Independence
£9,980 03/12/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a series of workshops and a showcase event to celebrate 50 years of Bangladeshi independence. The project aims to bring together people from within the Bangladeshi community to share experiences and build stronger ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SPARC (Supporting Participation Actively Rejuvenating the Community)
£74,950 13/01/2021
23
The funding will be used over a two year period to help deliver mentoring health and wellbeing and cultural activities realigned and adjusted to consider and include the impact of the pandemic on the community. The project will also use the funding ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Walsall Bangladeshi Progressive Society
£29,880 03/12/2020
This project will deliver a youth club to Banglasdehi children and young people experiencing local deprivation in Walsall. The activities will result in improved confidence, improved relationships with peers and the development of new skills.
People's Health Trust - Alive & Living
£37,118 25/09/2020
This two-year project enables older people aged 50+ to work together and learn new skills by producing a community newsletter highlighting positive stories about the local neighbourhood, as well as take part in weekly workshops to support them to ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,780 15/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Womens Health Activity & Social Project
£9,410 08/08/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver a healthy lifestyle programme, which aims to teach women and girls from the Bangladeshi community new skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Activ8
£9,990 13/12/2017
12
This group will run employability sessions for the local community, including open-access and women-only sessions. The sessions will support participants to develop their language skills, job search and interview techniques, as well as build their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SHAPE (Supporting, Helping , Advising , Participation + Engagement) Program
£164,013 14/09/2011
36
This is continuation funding for a project run from the WBPS community centre which provides a number of activities for people of all ages, including sessions on CV writing, searching and applying for jobs and interview skills. There is also advice ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • AKTHER AHMED CHOWDHURY Appointed: 2017
  • MOHAMMED MOSUR ALI Appointed: 2017
  • NOOR MIAH (Chair) Appointed: 2013
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/05/1993, number: 1021669
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR16: 40 days late, AR12: 223 days late, AR10: 103 days late, AR09: 403 days late, AR07: 254 days late, AR05: 60 days late,
Main office

291 WEDNESDAY ROAD
PLECK
WALSALL
WEST MIDLANDS
WS2 9QJ

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WALSALL(AREA OF BENEFIT) AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE INHABITANTS WHO ARE OF BANGLADESHI ORIGIN OR DESCENT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS(2) TO RELIEVE THOSE MEMBERS OF THE BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVISION FOR SUCH PERSONS OF FACILITIES FOR THEIR CULTURAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION ON QUESTIONS OF HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, WELFARE RIGHTS AND IMMIGRATION AND LEGAL PROBLEMS(3) TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION(4) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME, WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WALSALL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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