Trustees’ Annual Report Financial Year Ending March 2022
Introduction
United Kingdom Bengali Convention (UKBC) is a non-profit charity registered in the UK, with a view to organise the largest convention for the Bengali diaspora based in the UK.
UKBC has had support from up to 60 organisations in the UK with a view to celebrate this unique annual celebration.
## Our Aim
1. To advance the education of the public in the subject of Bengali culture by any means as the trustees in their discretion shall determine.
2. The promotion of racial harmony for the public benefit by promoting knowledge and mutual understanding between different racial groups and advancing education and raising awareness about different racial groups to promote good relations between persons of different racial groups.
3. The promotion of social inclusion among elderly persons who are excluded from society because they are house-bound and of Bengali ethnicity (irrespective of religions) with limited opportunity to interact with outer society, by the provision of: social trips to cultural and recreational programmes depicting Bengali culture and arts (including transport to and from home).
## Report for the year ending March 2022
This year has been the first year where UKBC has been able to host its first annual event in a physical face-to-face format. The focus of the organisation henceforth was in the planning and execution of the event. The event itself was organised in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire on the 25[th] and 26[th] of Sept 2021 at the Cambourne Village College.
Our event titled “UKBC 2021” focussed on the following areas:
- Business conferencing
- Workshops and panels
- Art and craft
- Performing arts including
- Dance
- Singing
- Instrumental music
- Theatre
The event attracted over 70 organisations and local businesses from around the United Kingdom. The event was attended by over 1200 people over the 2 days. The event was covered well in Social Media with a reach of over 25,000 people.
In addition to the activities above, UKBC also recognised UK based Bengalis who have contributed in various aspects of the community developments over the last decades and continue to do so. The following were recognised in three categories:
## Community Shapers
- Alak Chanda
- Arpita Ray
- Bhasha Mukherjee
- Bithika Raha
- Deepanjali Choudhury
- Gopal Dutta
- Isha Guha
- Krishnayan Haldar
- Millie Basu Ray
- Nabonetta Basak
- Paulomi De Hazra
- Pritha Mukherjee
- Priyadarshini Bhattacharjee
- Roshni Mukherjee
- Rupanjana Dutta
- Sabarna Raka Mukherjee
- Sanjoy Sarkar
- Shrobona Bhattacharya
- Shyam Sundar Das
- Sohini Biswas
- Somnath Mukherjee
- Sujit Bhattacharya
- Suranjan Som
- Surojoy Bhowmik
- Vikas Jayswal
## Sera Bengali
- Bharati Kar
- Sanjoy Sarkar
- Sangeeta Dutta
- Bina Gupta
- Bithika Raha
- Gopal Dutta
- Sheela Mukherjee
- Banani Sinha Roy
- Arpita Ray
- Shrobona Bhattacharya
- Sujit Bhattacharya
## Lifetime Achievement
- Mrs. Shanta Basu ( Biswas)
- Dr. Jack Preger
- Dr. Bashabi Fraser
- Mr. Dipu Ghosh
- Prof. Dilip Mr. Dipu Ghosh Chakrabarti • Ketaki Kushari
- • Nabakumar Basu Dyson
- Srabanti Majumdar
- Abdul Gaffar Choudhury
- • Kazi Jawad • Mrs. Piyali Ray
## Supporting Organisations
The following a list of registered organisations who came forward to support UKBC 2021:
1. Aberdeen Bengali Cultural Association
2. Anamika Cultural Group
3. Atreyee Dance Group
4. Aurav Disha
5. BaithakUK
6. BAMNE
7. Bengal Heritage Foundation /London Sharad Utsav
8. Byangoma Byangomi
9. Cam CareUK
10. COOMER QUATRET
11. Durga Puja Committees Glasgow (BSP)
12. Eseex Indian Reg Charity
13. Krishno-Chura
14. Moksha
15. Ntritya Katha
16. PRATIVA-Institute of Performing Arts
17. Ramkrishna Vivekananda Mission UK Centre
18. SABASH
19. Sankalpo Chelmsford
20. Sheffield & District Durgotsob & Cultural Committee - SDDCC
21. Shuma Pal-Creative Connections
22. Surangon
23. Tagore Centre Scotland
24. The Greater Manchester Bengali Hindu Cultural Association
25. Tunes and Rhythms
26. Wales Puja Committee
27. Wimbledon Cultural Association
Statement of Income and Expenses for the Year ending March 2022
||Openingbalance|MoneyIn|MoneyOut|Closingbalance|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Apr-21|3,564.75
£|-
£|-
£|3,564.75
£|
|May-21|3,564.75
£|-
£|-
£|3,564.75
£|
|Jun-21|3,564.75
£|-
£|-
£|3,564.75
£|
|Jul-21|3,564.75
£|50.00
£|-
£|3,614.75
£|
|Aug-21|3,614.75
£|3,240.00
£|-
£|6,854.75
£|
|Sep-21|6,854.75
£|4,190.34
£|100.00
£|10,945.09
£|
|Oct-21|10,945.09
£|3,949.00
£|3,734.28
£|11,159.81
£|
|Nov-21|11,159.81
£|500.00
£|3,821.00
£|7,838.81
£|
|Dec-21|7,838.81
£|-
£|3,188.22
£|4,650.59
£|
|Jan-22|4,650.59
£|2,000.00
£|-
£|6,650.59
£|
|Feb-22|6,650.59
£|-
£|2,820.00
£|3,830.59
£|
|Mar-22|3,830.59
£|100.00
£|2,798.57
£|1,132.02
£|
||||||
|Total income||14,029.34
£|||
|Total expenditure||16,462.07
£|||