Registered charity · Manchester
The Greater Manchester Bengali Hindu Cultural Association
- 13 trustees
- Income £17k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Abhishek ChatterjeeTrustee · since 2016
- Agniva GhoshalTrustee · since 2018
- Alok BhattacharjeeTrustee · since 2011
- Chandrangshu NandyTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Bharati KARTrustee · since 1993
- Dr Samar LahaTrustee · since 2005
- Ipsit SahaTrustee · since 2018
- Maushami ChatterjeeTrustee · since 2018
- Moumita DuttaTrustee · since 2023
- Shuma PalTrustee · since 2023
- Soma GhoshTrustee · since 2018
- Subrata PalTrustee · since 2018
- Tapas DasguptaTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 3 more
- Where
- Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham and more
- Website
- www.manchesterdurgapuja.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£17k£20k
- 2024£15k£13k
- 2023£17k£19k
Earlier years
- 2022£25k£16k
- 2021£5k£12k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS WHETHER MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OR OTHERWISE AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF BENGALI HINDU ORIGIN REGARDLESS OF SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY:1. ADVANCING EDUCATION WHICH PROMOTES GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE WITHIN A MULTI-RACIAL, MULTI-CULTURAL AND MULTI-FAITH SOCIETY.2. ASSOCIATING AND CO-OPERATING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS WITH THE COMMON AIM OF ADVANCING SUCH EDUCATION AND IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES CONCERNING SOCIAL WELFARE, RECREATION AND LEISURE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED IN THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION, AND3. ESTABLISHING OR SECURING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND MANAGING OR CO-OPERATING WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.
Grants received
3 grants · £21,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £20,000 (2 grants)
- Forever Manchester · £1,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
13 trustees on the board
- Alok Bhattacharjee since 2011
- Abhishek Chatterjee since 2016
- Agniva Ghoshal since 2018
- Chandrangshu Nandy since 2016
- Dr Bharati KAR since 1993
- Dr Samar Laha since 2005
- Ipsit Saha since 2018
- Maushami Chatterjee since 2018
- Moumita Dutta since 2023
- Shuma Pal since 2023
- Soma Ghosh since 2018
- Subrata Pal since 2018
- Tapas Dasgupta since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Alok Bhattacharjee since 2011
- Abhishek Chatterjee since 2016
- Agniva Ghoshal since 2018
- Chandrangshu Nandy since 2016
- Dr Bharati KAR since 1993
- Dr Samar Laha since 2005
- Ipsit Saha since 2018
- Maushami Chatterjee since 2018
- Soma Ghosh since 2018
- Subrata Pal since 2018
- Tapas Dasgupta since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Alok Bhattacharjee since 2011
- Abhishek Chatterjee since 2016
- Agniva Ghoshal since 2018
- Chandrangshu Nandy since 2016
- Dr Bharati KAR since 1993
- Dr Samar Laha since 2005
- Ipsit Saha since 2018
- Maushami Chatterjee since 2018
- Moumita Dutta since 2023
- Shuma Pal since 2023
- Subrata Pal since 2018
- Tapas Dasgupta since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Soma Ghosh since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1068094
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25 JUNE 1995 AS AMENDED 7 SEPTEMBER 1997
- Contact on the register
- 07803476864 · drbharatikar@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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