The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The British Asian Trust

Registered charity 1127366 Registered since 2009

Operates: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

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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

5.3y median 4y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

7
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 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

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 32Finance 26Hospitality 25

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£12.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

47 from 27 in 2021
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.britishasiantrust.org
Emailinfo@britishasiantrust.org
Phone02039736426
Address27 NEW DOVER ROAD, CANTERBURY, KENT, CT1 3DN

Finances

£12,521,862 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,498,051£5,966,818
2022£21,729,091£15,178,370
2023£16,458,906£13,419,868
2024£14,667,185£16,066,193
2025£12,521,862£15,415,372

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE ALL PURPOSES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW IN PARTICULAR:TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH ASIA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SOUTH ASIA BY: THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 MAY 2008AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 19 12 2008 as amended on 13 Oct 2022 as amended on 13 Oct 2022

Trustees (7)

7trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The British Asian Trust · 06588239 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/05/2008

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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