Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

SUNDERLAND BANGLADESH INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

The objects of the centre are: to promote the benefit of the community in the City of Sunderland, primarily the Bangladeshi and other BME communities and especially those suffering from the effects of unemployment and other forms of social deprivationto promote and provide facilities in the intereset of social welfare in the fields of recreation, leisure, education,self help and otherwise.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
31/03/23£487£323£164n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£256£290£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£281£164£117n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£129£95£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£82£110£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£145£149£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£222£196£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£172£220£-48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£222£225£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£130£162£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£147£167£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£208£207£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£257£237£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10?£289£268£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£153£182£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£134£136£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£117£133£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£277£302£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£144£123£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 24 years

www.sb-international.org.uk

info@sb-international.org.uk

01915640888

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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£285,053
The Ballinger Charitable Trust£105,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£75,000
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£75,000
Power to Change£49,632
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£40,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£28,900
Sport England£18,550
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
£75,000 04/10/2023
36
Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
£60,000 22/09/2023
36
Towards core costs of operation
Power to Change - LTW - Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
£28,816 04/07/2023
360G-ptc-gr-17522LTW - Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
Sport England - U Sport
£8,900 12/04/2023
This project will provide funding to promote social cohesion and encourage people from the BAME community living in Sunderland to participate in exercise through various sporting activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - SBIC - Impact for Change Project
£285,053 15/02/2023
This funding will support the Sunderland Bangladeshi International to deliver a range of activities and services focusing on mental wellbeing social inclusion and community drop ins and provide training and support to community members as it becomes ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre Limited
£4,250 17/11/2022
Supporting the charity's purposes in light of the cost-of-living crisis
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
£15,000 09/09/2022
Towards core costs of operation
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 29/07/2022
Core costs
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre Limited
£3,000 31/03/2022
Holding a celebratory Platinum Jubilee event for the community to be held during the bank holiday weekend in June 2022
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
£75,000 01/07/2021
36
To increase the organisation's capacity to provide enhanced, additional activities and services for BAME refugees and asylum seekers in Sunderland, reducing poverty, loneliness and poor mental health.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
£15,000 30/06/2021
Towards core costs of operation
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£9,650 14/06/2021
5
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
County Durham Community Foundation - Living Pride
£14,000 16/12/2020
Living Pride
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
£20,816 14/10/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sunderland Bangladeshi Community Centre
£28,900 07/08/2020
COVID19: Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,688 05/08/2020
"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
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Running costs to support vulnerable people within the Bangladeshi community of Sunderland during Covid19
£5,000 03/07/2020
Running costs to support vulnerable people within the Bangladeshi community of Sunderland during Covid19
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - running costs to support vulnerable people within the Bangladeshi community of Sunderland during Covid19
£5,000 03/07/2020
running costs to support vulnerable people within the Bangladeshi community of Sunderland during Covid19
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
£15,000 20/06/2020
12
Towards core costs of operation
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Developing a volunteering scheme for black and minority ethnic communities in Sunderland.
£10,000 12/03/2020
Developing a volunteering scheme for black and minority ethnic communities in Sunderland.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Running costs for a Centre Manager and Development Worker salary
£20,000 14/02/2020
Running costs for a Centre Manager and Development Worker salary
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Getting our voices heard project.
£2,500 05/11/2019
Getting our voices heard project.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£10,000 06/01/2019
The expected outcomes are the following: 1) 30 BME women reached and engaged in the activities of the project which will help them to increase their information and knowledge of local/regional opportunities for economic and social inclusion. By ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - SB International Centre - Breaking Silence
£10,000 06/12/2018
To support the Breaking Silence project.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
£35,000 22/06/2018
24
Towards core costs of operation
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving Forward Together
£10,000 03/01/2018
12
The project will carry out a community action plan and improve their monitoring, governance and marketing systems. This will develop the skills of the organisation and enable them to carry out a feasibility study to improve the sustainability of ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sunderland Bangladeshi Community Centre
£51,600 26/01/2017
Syedpur to Sunderland
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sunderland Bangladeshi Community Centre
£39,700 27/05/2015
Our Roots, Our Journey, Our City
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Sunderland Bangladeshi Community Centre (Tyne & Wear)
£32,000 10/12/2013
To employ a centre development officer for one year to kick-start a programme of income generation for this community centre in Sunderland.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sunderland Bangladeshi Community Centre
£16,000 29/03/2012
the salary costs of the Centre Manager
National Lottery Community Fund - Embrace Change
£10,000 23/09/2010
12
This community group in Sunderland will use funding to run a series of activities celebrating cultural diversity, benefiting the whole community. This will give people from all different backgrounds a better understanding of each other and address ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-56
  • BUSHRA RAHMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Homemaker
  • MD SHUEL MIAH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chef
  • MD SHAHEN AHMED Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Self Employed
  • MOLLIK SHOHID AHMED Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Self Employed
  • MOTLIB MIAH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chef
  • RUKSANA MIAH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chef
  • SYED ABUMUSA Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chef
  • SABINA ROKIB Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Student
  • SYED ABU MUSA AHSAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Self Employed
  • SYED FOYZUL ISLAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Self Employed
  • SYED MUAZZEL ALI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Self Employed
  • SYED MURSHED MIAH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chef
  • SYED MUSADDIQUE AHMED (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Self Employed
  • SYED SHOYZHAD MIAH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chef
  • SYEDA CHOMPA BEGUM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Councillor
  • SYEDA SHILPE CHOWDHURY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Homemaker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/03/2001, number: 1085598
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/12/1999, number: 03900232
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 8 days late, AR14: 36 days late, AR12: 23 days late,
Main office

30 TATHAM STREET
HENDON
SUNDERLAND
TYNE AND WEAR
SR1 2QD

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF OF THE INHABITANTS AND PRIMARILY THE BANGLADESHI INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT), WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR RACE OR POLITICAL, OR RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS , THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO:(I) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND(II) PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS IN THE INTEREST OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND(III) RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENTB) ESTABLISH AND SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE CENTRE) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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