Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

MARYLEBONE BANGLADESH SOCIETY LTD 

Welfare Rights Advice, Supplementary School, Youth Club, Health Related Activities for the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 11 years
(13 years as a company)

www.mbs-uk.org

info@mbs-uk.org

02077249746

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?

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£328£272£56n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/22£223£210£13n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/21£240£180£60n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/20£197£189£8n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/19£180£164£16n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/18£145£140£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£168£164£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£180£170£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£159£169£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£197£194£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 14 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of Westminster,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£112,103
Trust for London£49,000
BBC Children in Need£30,500
People's Health Trust£24,942
The London Community Foundation£9,977
DCMS£8,952
John Lyon's Charity£8,000
Sport England£3,555
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Living Better Together
£112,103 11/02/2022
The project is using funding for a wellbeing program which will engage older people aged 55+ primarily from BAME backgrounds living in Westminster. The project aims to change people’s lifestyle ....more
Trust for London - Marylebone Bangladesh Society
£49,000 09/02/2022
The funding is for two part-time advisors to support Bengali and other ethnic minority groups in the community. This is to support access to welfare benefits, health and social services and schooling.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Marylebone Bangladesh Society
£30,500 30/07/2021
This project will deliver youth club sessions for children and young people experiencing poverty. The activities will improve relationships, physical well-being and reduce the risk of involvement in ....more
Sport England - TGC CF Swimming for Women
£3,555 27/07/2021
3
This project will deliver a woman only swimming project to help encourage women from ethnic backgrounds, aged between 30 – 55 years old to introduce them to local leisure centre to learn or improve ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Marylebone Bangladesh Society
£4,000 15/06/2021
MBS Youth Club Summer and October Holidays Programme 2021
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,952 28/08/2020
"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 ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Marylebone Bangladesh Society
£9,977 20/08/2020
a part time COVID-19 Information and Support Worker post to help us restart our activities in accordance with government guidelines. Also funding for increasing the cleaning of our centre as we ....more
People's Health Trust - Church Street Football and Muay Thai
£24,942 04/12/2019
This two-year project provides weekly intergenerational football and Muay Thai boxing sessions for men and boys living in the Church Street neighbourhood of Westminster. It aims to help the community ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Marylebone Bangladesh Society
£4,000 17/06/2019
12
MBS Youth Club Summer and October Holidays Programme 2019
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Marylebone Bangladesh Society
£30,000 13/03/2018
36
A youth club offering activities, support for homework and themed workshops for young people experiencing social and economic disadvantage. Benefits include reduced negative behaviour, improved ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Marylebone Bangladesh Society Ltd
£66,000 20/09/2017
24
£66,000 over two years (2 x £33,000) for the salary costs of an Older People’s Project Development Worker (28hpw) and associated project costs for an Older People’s Health and Well-being ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Marylebone Bangladesh Society
£13,356 29/06/2016
12
Marylebone Bangladesh Society is a North Westminster charity supporting the Bangladeshi and wider community. Its grant is to develop a business plan and website, to provide staff, volunteer and ....more
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-61
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/04/2013, number: 1151593
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/11/2010, number: 07451584
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
  • 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
10 returns made; AR17: 1 days late,
Main office

MARYLEBONE BANGLADESH SOCIETY
COMMUNITY CENTRE
19 SAMFORD STREET
LONDON
NW8 8ER

Objectives

(A)TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE INHABITANTS OF ST. JOHN'S WOOD, MARYLEBONE, PADDINGTON AREA AND IN PARTICULAR PERSONS OF BANGLADESHI ORIGIN IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.(B)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF ST. JOHN'S WOOD, MARYLEBONE, PADDINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN PARTICULAR AMONG PERSONS OF BANGLADESHI ORIGIN.(C)TO PROMOTE GOOD RACE RELATIONS IN ST. JOHN'S WOOD,MARYLEBONE, PADDINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY ENDEAVOURING TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE AND ENCOURAGING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great