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Registered charity · London

Business in the Community

Business in the Community is a registered charity (number 297716) based in London, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Peter Harrison since 2023. Latest income £13m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as B I T C (Charity Commission)

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £13m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.bitc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Business in the Community
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13m£14m
  • 2024£18m£14m
  • 2023£14m£16m
Earlier years
  • 2022£14m£16m
  • 2021£17m£15m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

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.

Grants received

21 grants · £6,311,399 total

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

4.4y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 7Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 10Finance 9Professional services 6

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£12.9m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.5 in 2021

234 from 242 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
5%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
297716
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2ND MARCH 1982 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 10TH SEPTEMBER 1987, 8TH DECEMBER 1994 AND 4TH DECEMBER 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/12/2015
Companies House
Company number 01619253 · Active
Contact on the register
02075668650 · lesley.wolfenden@bitc.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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