Registered charity · Kent
The British Asian Trust
The British Asian Trust is a registered charity (number 1127366) based in Kent, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £13m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £13m (2025)
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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
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Website
- www.britishasiantrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The British Asian Trust
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£13m£15m
- 2024£15m£16m
- 2023£16m£13m
Earlier years
- 2022£22m£15m
- 2021£5.5m£6.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
7 grants · £1,821,789 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
- Comic Relief · £1,000,000
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · £373,186 (2 grants)
- CareTech foundation · £302,500 (2 grants)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £146,103 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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
- Asif Rangoonwala
- Aatif Hassan since 2023
- Dr Shenila Rawal since 2021
- Khatun Sapnara since 2023
- Lord Jitesh Kishorekumar Gadhia since 2019
- Shalni Arora since 2015
- Shonnel Malani since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Lord Jitesh Kishorekumar Gadhia since 2019
- Shalni Arora since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Aatif Hassan since 2023
- Khatun Sapnara since 2023
- Lord Jitesh Kishorekumar Gadhia since 2019
Portfolio (4)
- Asif Rangoonwala
- Dr Shenila Rawal since 2021
- Shalni Arora since 2015
- Shonnel Malani since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1127366
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Companies House
- Company number 06588239 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02039736426 · info@britishasiantrust.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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