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The Biswas Foundation

The Biswas Foundation is a registered charity (number 1127095) based in Leeds, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Dr Nalinaksha Biswas. Latest income £2.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £2.4m (2025)

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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 1 more
Where
Leeds City, India
Linked company
The Biswas Foundation
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.4m£2.2m
  • 2024£1.4m£1.3m
  • 2023£1.4m£733k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.2m£944k
  • 2021£1.1m£837k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) FORCHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS AND ADULTS RESIDENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLDBUT, IN PARTICULAR, IN INDIA, WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR POVERTY,DESTITUTION OR DISTRESS.(2) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESSANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BUT, IN PARTICULAR, IN INDIA(3) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE SICK CONVALESCENT DISABLED HANDICAPPEDOR INFIRM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BUT, IN PARTICULAR, IN INDIA(4) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES AND ILLHEALTH ON TERMS THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE PUBLISHED(5) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO THEENVIRONMENT, HOUSING, SCIENCES, LITERATURE, CULTURE AND MUSIC PROVIDEDTHAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE PUBLISHED.(6) TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION AND SOCIAL HOUSING AT AN ECONOMIC COST TO THOSE IN NEED OF RELIEF BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND OTHER DISADVANTAGES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD INCLUDING ENGLAND.

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.

0
trustees past 6 years
18.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2020

0
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
62 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1127095
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/09/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/02/2014AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26/02/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/06/2014
Companies House
Company number 06687075 · Active
Contact on the register
01132684162
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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