2024-03-31-accounts

Achievement and Performance for the Year ending 31[st] March 2024

Our main focus this year has been on the building project in partnership with the Learning for Living Welfare Trust. The work is now largely complete. Alongside their older three-storey building, there is now a two storey building with a similar floor area. The ground floor is a large dining room along with kitchen and store facility. Above that is a conference room where 100 people can be easily seated. Finishing touches are now being given to the five ensuite bedrooms which have been constructed in what was the previous conference room in the older building. Two conference groups have already made use of the new facilities.

English teaching has continued, now in partnership with the registered NGO, Delta Development Project. Six five-day elementary English courses have been held in various locations with, on average, 20 students participating in each. Also a fifty-lesson series of short videos has been recorded so that students learning computing skills under the same project can also develop their English skills.

Our involvement with three families in educational and church-based work at village level was handed over to other leadership as of June of 2023 though we still maintain a relationship with each of them. We have provided financial and advice input into several family situations, particularly one family with a non-verbal autistic child.

Other help has been given to a vocational training programme, Salam Training Centre, which teaches motor-cycle mechanics and electric and air-conditioning skills to a batch of 15 young men annually. We have also assisted a school of 120 children in a slum in Dhaka and their partner tailoring training centre for women.

The trustees affirm their conviction that, as can be seen, a considerable number of people are benefiting from the above activities in line with the objects of the charity and guidelines of the Charity Commission. Our income this year was £31,493. Expenditure was £50,579 with £32,000 of that going towards the above-mentioned building project.

THE BANGLADESH PARTNERSHIP Reg. charity no: 1075089

TRUSTEES’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2024

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THE BANGLADESH PARTNERSHIP

Reg. charity no: 1075089

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES

I report on the accounts of the Trust for the period ended 31 March 2024.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. You consider that the charity’s income during the year mean that a receipts and payments account and a statement of assets and liabilities as provided for in Provision 133 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) are all that are required by the Act, and that, in addition, an examination of accounts as provided for in Provision 145 section(1) is sufficient. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under Provision 156(2-4) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

1. Which gives me any reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements

2. to keep accounting records in accordance with Provision 130 of the Act; and

3. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met; or

4. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

R J BACKHOUSE MA MSc DipEM Formerly Finance Director, PCA Engineers Limited, Lincoln

10 Farnes Court Worksop Notts S81 0LZ

28 Nov 2024

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THE BANGLADESH PARTNERSHIP Reg. charity no: 1075089

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

Income	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
	2024	2024	2024	2023
	£	£	£	£
Donations	30,614	-	30,614	50,685
Donations – Bangladesh Theol.	-	-	-	-
Investment Income	878	-	878	465
Adj. to Gift Aid due in prev a/c	(75)		(75)	13
Tax Refunds on covenants	1,826	-	1,826	3,509
Total Incoming Resources	33,243	-	33,243	54,672
Expenditure	50,627	-	50,627	101,201
Surplus (Deficit)			(17,384)	(46,530)
FUND BALANCES B/FORWARD			72,492	119,022
FUND BALANCES C/FORWARD			55,109	72,492

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THE BANGLADESH PARTNERSHIP Reg. charity no: 1075089

Expenditure	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
	2024	2024	2024	2023
	£	£	£	£
Direct Charitable Expenditure
Bangladesh Community & Educational	5,081	-	5,081	5,330
Bangladesh Media	1,944	-	1,944	2,348
Bangladesh Theological	37,818	-	37,818	90,511
Bangladesh Needs	4,554	-	4,554	2,182
Other Countries Educational	-	-	-	-
Other Countries Theological	410	-	410	-
Other Countries Media	-	-	-	-
Other Countries Needs	-	-	-	-
Disaster Relief	-	-	-	-
UK Media	-	-	-	-
Management and Administration
Bank and Interest Charges	110	-	110	172
Publicity	87	-	87	-
Administration & Insurance	625	-	625	658
Total	50,627	-	50,627	101,201

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2023

CURRENT ASSETS Cash at Bank Cash in Hand Visa Account Balance Debtors: Mainly HMRC Gift Aid LESS:CURRENT LIABILITIES NET CURRENT ASSETS FUND BALANCES	Total 2024 Total 2023 £ £ 43,137 63,931 4,297 2,592 - 7,675 - 5,969
	55,109 72,493
	0 0
	55,109 72,493
	55,109 72,493

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