Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 15

THE BRITISH ASIAN TRUST

The British Asian Trust meets crucial needs in the poorest communities in South Asia and the UK. We invest in local, high impact charities that are making lasting differences to the lives of thousands of disadvantaged people. Together we work for the long-term change in the key areas of education, health and enterprise.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£16,459	£13,420	£3,039	£1,306	£10,677	£5,268	4.7	31	0
31/03/22		£21,729	£15,178	£6,551	£1,869	£7,637	£4,686	3.7	31	15
31/03/21		£5,498	£5,967	£-469	£895	£1,086	£644	1.3	27	5
31/03/20		£5,834	£5,403	£431	£837	£1,564	£1,035	2.3	24	2
31/03/19		£4,062	£4,477	£-415	£594	£1,101	£789	2.1	20	0
31/03/18	*	£4,202	£4,571	£-370	£525	£1,548	£689	1.8	17	0
31/03/17		£6,296	£5,749	£547	£899	£1,918	£816	1.7	18	0
31/03/16	*	£2,297	£2,314	£-16	£786	£1,371	£855	4.4	13	0
31/03/15		£1,779	£1,638	£141	£535	£1,387	£601	4.4	11	0
31/03/14	*	£1,762	£1,252	£510	£493	£1,246	£461	4.4	9	0
31/03/13	*	£1,371	£1,139	£232	£295	£736	£251	2.6	7	0
31/03/12	*	£957	£671	£285	£210	£504	£135	2.4	6	0
31/03/11		£395	£470	£-74	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£708	£415	£293	£60	£293	£293	8.5	3	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 49%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 9.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 15 years

www.britishasiantrust.org

info@britishasiantrust.org

02039736426

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,

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 works here?

31 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	£94,316
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office	£50,000
CareTech foundation	£2,500
HM Revenue & Customs	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£2,000	01/07/2021	Funding provided for Professional Advice Grant
CareTech foundation - BAT Emergency Appeal for India (COVID 19)
£2,500	29/04/2021	This grant of £2,500 will enable the provision of oxygen to over 2,000 beneficiaries under the BAT Emergency Appeal for India (COVID 19).
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - GRANT: Darwin Main - 27-012: Promoting Human-Elephant Coexistence Through Education and Seasonal Fencing
£94,316	01/04/2020	Human-elephant conflict threatens the lives and livelihoods of villagers and elephants in Myanmar. This project will educate villagers on how to live safely alongside elephants, turning fear into ....more Human-elephant conflict threatens the lives and livelihoods of villagers and elephants in Myanmar. This project will educate villagers on how to live safely alongside elephants, turning fear into understanding and reducing hostility. It will also introduce seasonal electric fencing which prevents crop raids without permanently restricting elephant movement through customary feeding grounds and corridors. It will introduce the method, district by district, institutionalising it as a government programme to ensure sustainability and safeguard human and elephant lives and livelihoods.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Skill Development through innovative instrument-DIB (Accountable Grant)
£50,000	01/04/2020	To deliver sustainable air services to St Helena by building an airport and associated infrastructure, thereby underpinning the St Helena Governments drive towards sustainable financial ....more To deliver sustainable air services to St Helena by building an airport and associated infrastructure, thereby underpinning the St Helena Governments drive towards sustainable financial self-sufficiency.
CareTech foundation - Mental Health Programme in Pakistan
£300,000	30/01/2018	The programme aims to bring about systemic change in the social environment and service infrastructure for people with mental health problems in Pakistan, particularly young people. British Asian ....more The programme aims to bring about systemic change in the social environment and service infrastructure for people with mental health problems in Pakistan, particularly young people. British Asian Trust aims to create a sustainable, multi-level (society, family/community and individual) support structure to ensure people, with a broad range of mental health problems, receive the support they need for long-term mental health and wellbeing. Outcomes: 1) 100,000 people with mental health problems are accessing non-clinical mental health support within their communities 2) 10,000 people with mental health problems have increased access to clinical mental health services and support 3) 500,000 people have increased awareness of issues relating to mental health, leading to reduced stigma around mental health.
Comic Relief - Development Impact Bond
£1,000,000	09/01/2018 48	This bond focuses on improving educational outcomes for primary school children in Rajasthan, India.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-66

DR SHENILA RAWAL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Education Economist

SHONNEL MALANI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Partner

AATIF HASSAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chair Person

GANESH RAMANI Appointed: 2020

KHATUN SAPNARA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Judge

VARUN CHANDRA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Management Consultant

ASIF RANGOONWALA Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeships: MEMON ASSOCIATION UK, Z V M RANGOONWALA FOUNDATION, WORLD MEMON FOUNDATION, WHITEFIELD DEVELOPMENT TRUST, BRITISH PAKISTAN FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT, P1 MARINE FOUNDATION, THE HABIB UNIVERSITY TRUST,

FARZANA BADUEL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Public Relations

LORD JITESH KISHOREKUMAR GADHIA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Member Of House Of Lords And Company Director

SHALNI ARORA Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeships: SAVANNAH WISDOM, THE COHESION AND INTEGRATION NETWORK,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/01/2009, number: 1127366
Registered at Companies House on 08/05/2008, number: 06588239

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR14: 2 days late, AR13: 15 days late, AR12: 28 days late, AR10: 37 days late,

Main office

27 NEW DOVER ROAD
CANTERBURY
KENT
CT1 3DN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE ALL PURPOSES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW IN PARTICULAR:TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH ASIA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SOUTH ASIA BY: THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH ASIA

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