Registered charity 1175699

Cardiff Bangladeshi Society

What it does

To provide:advocacy and informationa safe environment for the community members to reduce social isolationhealth awareness sessionsactivities to empower the young people to reach their full potentialcreate opportunities to develop a sustainable communitypromote the Bangladeshi and Welsh Cultural heritageencourage integration to the British and Welsh Society

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

THE OBJECTIVES OF CBRG ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE FROM THE BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY:-1)TO RELIEVE POVERTY;2)TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH3)TO ADVANCE BANGLADESHI AND WELSH CULTURE AND HERITAGE; 4)TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY; AND5)TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Education and training
Disability
Economic and community development, and employment
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
How it works: Provides services
Provides advocacy, advice or information

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Cardiff

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £1,200 and spent £1,703.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£1,200	£1,703	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2024	£1,232	£2,840	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	£434	£6,920	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2022	£11,372	£8,828	Not reported	12
31 March 2021	£18,464	£19,873	Not reported	6

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Down 94%, from £18,464 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £1,200 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 142% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2018, worth at least £19,999.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
29 Jul 2021	The National Lottery Community FundChildrens Wellbeing Project	£9,999
19 Dec 2018	The National Lottery Community FundChildrens Activities	£10,000

Trustees

3 trustees run the charity.

Salam AbdulChairAppointed 8 November 2017
Ashraf AliAppointed 8 April 2018
Noorjahan MiahAppointed 8 April 2018

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 24 January 2026, 7 days early	Not required
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 26 January 2025, 5 days early	Not required
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 30 January 2024, 1 day early	Not required
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 22 January 2023, 9 days early	Not required
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 23 December 2021, 39 days early	Not required

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1175699
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 13 November 2017
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25 MAR 2017AS AMENDED ON 04 NOV 2017 as amended on 18 Jun 2018 as amended on 18 Jun 2018
Website: www.cardiffbangladeshisociety.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Cardiff

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£1,200

£1,703

Not reported

31 March 2024

£1,232

£2,840

Not reported

31 March 2023

£434

£6,920

Not reported

31 March 2022

£11,372

£8,828

Not reported

31 March 2021

£18,464

£19,873

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

29 Jul 2021

The National Lottery Community FundChildrens Wellbeing Project

£9,999

19 Dec 2018

The National Lottery Community FundChildrens Activities

£10,000

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 24 January 2026, 7 days early

Not required

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 26 January 2025, 5 days early

Not required

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 30 January 2024, 1 day early

Not required

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 22 January 2023, 9 days early

Not required

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 23 December 2021, 39 days early

Not required