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Bengali Womens Group
Bengali Womens Group is a registered charity (number 1073081) based in London, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Niluffer Farooki. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Bengali Women's Group (Charity Commission)
- 7 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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, Disability, Amateur Sport and 2 more
- Where
- Southwark
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024--
- 2023--
Earlier years
- 2022--
- 2021£0£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2017: Government contracts 0% · Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GREATER LONDON AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE INHABITANTS WHO ARE WOMEN FROM BANGLADESH OR OTHER PARTS OF THE SOUTH EAST ASIA; OR ARE OF BANGLADESHI OR SOUTH ASIAN DESCENT, BY ADVANCING EDUCATION, BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED AND BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANT
Grants received
10 grants · £87,636 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 · £49,846 (5 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £13,000
- Sport England · £9,415
- People's Health Trust · £9,375
- United St Saviour's Charity · £6,000 (2 grants)
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Niluffer Farooki Chair
- Hasna Begum
- Hadia Begum since 2011
- Janer Sharif since 2017
- Laila Anjuman Banu
- Monesa Hussain
- MRS HYE
Trustees past 6 years
- Hadia Begum since 2011
- Janer Sharif since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Niluffer Farooki Chair
- Hasna Begum
- Hadia Begum since 2011
- Janer Sharif since 2017
- Laila Anjuman Banu
- Monesa Hussain
- MRS HYE
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
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1073081
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 26TH NOVEMBER 1998
- Contact on the register
- 02074039888 · bwomensgroup@yahoo.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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