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BOW Bengali Forum

BOW Bengali Forum is a registered charity (number 1109297) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Mohammod Rafique Ullah. Latest income £11k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £11k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Tower Hamlets
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£11k£9k
  • 2024£15k£12k
  • 2023£12k£11k
Earlier years
  • 2022£5k£6k
  • 2021£0£798

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS LIVING IN THE BOW AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR MEMBERS OF THE BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE FORUM SHALL BE:- THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT, TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING SERVICES IN MATTERS SUCH AS WELFARE BENEFITS, HEALTH, HOUSING, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING. - THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF LANGUAGE AND OTHER SUBJECT CLASSES. - THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS HAVING NEED OF FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Grants received

5 grants · £30,976 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002012-09-20
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002010-06-17
  • Woodward Charitable Trust £1,0002008-06-12
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,9982008-03-17
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,9782006-03-15
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.

15y median 15y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 6Education/training 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£11k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1109297
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 JULY 2002 AS AMENDED ON 6 MARCH 2005.
Contact on the register
0790456695 · bowbengali1@googlemail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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