Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 10

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 6

BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY

Business in the Community is the oldest and largest business-led membership organisation dedicated to responsible business. We inspire, engage and challenge members and we mobilise that collective strength as a force for good in society.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 37 years
(42 years as a company)

www.bitc.org.uk

lesley.wolfenden@bitc.org.uk

02075668650

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
30/06/22		£14,492	£15,594	£-1,102	£0	£4,465	£2,339	1.8	251
30/06/21		£16,904	£14,821	£2,083	£0	£5,567	£2,278	1.8	242
30/06/20	*	£16,403	£16,953	£-550	£0	£3,914	£1,326	0.9	271
30/06/19		£18,102	£16,642	£1,460	£0	£4,464	£2,867	2.1	272
30/06/18		£19,846	£21,425	£-1,579	£0	£3,005	£1,532	0.9	303
30/06/17		£26,316	£26,690	£-374	£0	£5,415	£2,545	1.1	310
30/06/16		£29,552	£29,529	£23	£0	£6,052	£3,495	1.4	366
30/06/15		£30,672	£31,191	£-519	£165	£6,110	£3,482	1.3	384
30/06/14		£31,324	£30,485	£839	£147	£6,629	£3,264	1.3	391
30/06/13		£28,470	£28,304	£166	£142	£5,790	£2,943	1.2	378
30/06/12		£26,652	£26,247	£405	£189	£5,624	£2,833	1.3	364
30/06/11		£24,077	£23,479	£598	£156	£5,219	£2,694	1.4	346
30/06/10		£20,568	£20,286	£282	£1,625	£4,621	£2,506	1.5	326
30/06/09		£19,637	£19,475	£162	£145	£4,339	£2,197	1.4	332
30/06/08		£23,313	£23,071	£242	£127	£4,401	£2,035	1.1	350
30/06/07		£22,911	£22,779	£132	£137	£4,159	£1,828	1	353
30/06/06		£23,102	£22,796	£306	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/05		£24,217	£24,040	£177	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/04		£24,256	£23,143	£1,113	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 44%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 52%
Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

251 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£428,800
Garfield Weston Foundation	£90,000
The Earl of Northampton's Charity	£85,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£50,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY
£5,426	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£60,000	11/03/2022	BITC’s Job Coaching Programme
The Earl of Northampton's Charity - Grant to Business in the Community
£85,000	01/12/2021 36	Mancroft Loneliness Project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Skills Match
£10,000	20/08/2021	Business in the Community in partnership with NICVA is using a £10000 grant to continue to run their Skills Match programme. The online platform enables the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise ....more Business in the Community in partnership with NICVA is using a £10000 grant to continue to run their Skills Match programme. The online platform enables the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise sector across Northern Ireland to seek free business skills and expertise from the private sector. The project will provide much needed skills and resources for organisations and help address funding challenges.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Place TaskForce
£50,000	10/07/2021	Part-funding of BiTC's Place Taskforce to explore how business can best contribute to place-building
National Lottery Community Fund - National Business Response Network - Covid 19
£418,800	17/06/2020 8	The National Business Response Network will use funding to support the needs of community groups schools local authorities local resilience bodies charities and alliances that have been impacted by ....more The National Business Response Network will use funding to support the needs of community groups schools local authorities local resilience bodies charities and alliances that have been impacted by COVID-19. The funding will be used to provide outreach and engagement and place-based activity supporting the needs of those impacted by COVID-19.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£30,000	03/04/2020	BITC Place Campaign
Department for Work and Pensions - FSF Partnership Grant - West Yorkshire (2018)
£33,466	01/04/2018	To move claimants either into work or closer to work.
Department for Work and Pensions - FSF Partnership Grant - West Yorkshire (2017)
£34,417	01/04/2017	Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
National Lottery Community Fund - Housing Association Employability Social Impact Bond
£148,038	16/03/2015 9	Not Available
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Disclosing Criminal Convictions - business-led advice
£23,100	26/07/2012	Disclosing Criminal Convictions - business-led advice
National Lottery Community Fund - Aiming Higher
£188,400	22/06/2012 36	The organisation's Aiming Higher project will provide mentoring support and work experience opportunities for young people aged 16-20 in the South Eastern Health Trust area - which includes the Down ....more The organisation's Aiming Higher project will provide mentoring support and work experience opportunities for young people aged 16-20 in the South Eastern Health Trust area - which includes the Down area - and the Belfast Health Trust area. The project will recruit and train business mentors who will be matched with a young person and provide them with support and training. The young people involved will also have the opportunity to gain work experience with local companies.
National Lottery Community Fund - Business Connectors
£4,817,828	08/05/2012 60	The programme aims to increase the support available to civil society from the private sector, as part of a wider investment in reshaping and transforming the quality and range of support services ....more The programme aims to increase the support available to civil society from the private sector, as part of a wider investment in reshaping and transforming the quality and range of support services that frontline civil society organisation can access.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

DAME ALISON ROSE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive

JANE ASHCROFT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive

JEREMY MARK POCKLINGTON CB Appointed: 2013

KEITH CHARLES FREDERICK WEED CBE Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeships: THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, THE SHROPSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (WISLEY TRAINEE) CHARITABLE TRUST,

LUCINDA CHARLES-JONES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Hr Director

PETER HARRISON (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

RICHARD HUTTON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Finance Director

RAMAN BHATIA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer

VICTORIA ANNE DAVIES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

ZAHRA SHIVA BAHROLOLOUMI CBE Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/09/1987, number: 297716
Registered at Companies House on 02/03/1982, number: 01619253

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

26/04/2017 - Asset transfer in from ARTS & BUSINESS LIMITED
05/02/2020 - Asset transfer in from IHG FOUNDATION (UK) TRUST

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR20: 10 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from IHG FOUNDATION (UK) TRUST on 05/02/2020

Main office

BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY
137 SHEPHERDESS WALK
LONDON
N1 7RQ

Objectives

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: 2.1.1 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY BY PROMOTING THE PRACTICAL INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT OF COMPANIES, FIRMS, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, IN ADVANCING INDUSTRY AND COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BY CREATING OR ASSISTING IN THE CREATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT IN AREAS WHERE INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT IS CAUSING POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILL HEALTH; 2.1.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF RELATING TO THE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE; 2.1.3 OTHERWISE TO RELIEVE POVERTY, ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND FURTHER OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING THE PRACTICAL INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT OF COMPANIES, FIRMS, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN SUCH PURPOSES PARTICULARLY IN THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY HAVE OPERATIONAL INTERESTS. 2.1.4 THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING THE PRACTICAL INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT OF COMPANIES, FIRMS, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE COURSE OF THEIR ACTIVITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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