# BENGALI CULTURAL SOCIETY, READING

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1161671
- **Other names:** BCS READING
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 14, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1161671


## Contact

- **Address:** 22 ARMOUR HILL, TILEHURST, READING
- **Postcode:** RG31 6JP
- **Phone:** 01189416783
- **Email:** bcsreading@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.bcsreading.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN READING AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS: A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BENGALI AND INDIAN CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND HERITAGE, INCLUDING THE MUSIC, ART, LITERATURE, TRADITIONS AND HISTORY OF BENGAL AND INDIA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.B) 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 ANDC) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

**Activities:** We organise a series of cultural, art and heritage related programmes that are usually delivered free of charge, on a charitable basis, to all participants and the audience.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Reading



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £63780 | £51942 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £45667 | £48066 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £21293 | £20465 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £10993 | £4322 | — | — |
| March 31, 2020 | £36043 | £27525 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Aditi Chaudhury — appointed June 7, 2024
- Archana Das — appointed May 22, 2022
- Arpita Talukder — appointed May 13, 2023
- Avik Mitra — appointed June 7, 2024
- Chandan Bhowmik — appointed Aug. 7, 2021
- Gaurav Kumar Sharma — appointed May 31, 2025
- Nilmadhab Mandal — appointed June 7, 2024
- RATNA GHOSH — appointed Aug. 7, 2021
- SANJOY PAUL — appointed Aug. 7, 2021
- Suvayan Sengupta — appointed May 31, 2025