Charity Details

Business in the Community

SC046226Registered charity from 23 December 2015

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Charity Information:

Address 137 Shepherdess Walk
London

Postcode N1 7RQ

Website www.bitc.org.uk

Regulatory Type Cross-Border

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

The Charitable objects for which BiC is established are: (a) 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; (b) 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; (c) 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. (d) 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.

Operations:

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 23 Dec 2015

Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland

Number of Staff: 233

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the promotion of equality and diversity", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"

Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
30 Jun 2021	£16,904,342	£14,821,428	12 Apr 2022	Yes
30 Jun 2022	£14,491,995	£15,594,212	27 Jan 2023	Yes
30 Jun 2023	£13,988,454	£15,837,925	29 Feb 2024	Yes
30 Jun 2024	£18,394,000	£14,017,000	06 Mar 2025	Yes
30 Jun 2025	£12,946,000	£13,931,000	19 Jan 2026	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Charity Commission website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
Raman	Bhatia
Paul	Lewis
Peter	Harrison
Zahra	Bahrololoumi
Alison	Rose
Keith	Weed
Victoria	Davies
Richard	Hutton
Lucinda	Charles-Jones
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