Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

B LAB (UK)

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS & PROMOTE ITS STUDY.TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT OF: PRESERVATION & PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES & PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. TO PROMOTE ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT & MAXIMISE THE POSITIVE IMPACT & MINIMISE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF BUSINESS.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£6,528£5,264£1,264£0£1,304£1,3043330
31/12/22£3,417£3,689£-272£0£40£400.1230
31/12/21£1,625£1,765£-140£0£312£2942140
31/12/20£1,210£1,012£199£0£452£3614.380
31/12/19£847£759£89£0£254£2263.650
31/12/18£621£462£159£1£354£2636.840
31/12/17£461£389£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£327£300£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 79%
Liabilities/Income: 73%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 9 years

www.bcorporation.uk

governance@bcorporation.uk

02071934644

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Thirty Percy Foundation - Grant to B Lab
£5,000 13/07/2020
Top up funding in response to Covid-19
Thirty Percy Foundation - Grant to B Lab
£50,000 01/01/2019
Seed funding to develop the BCorp network across Europe
Friends Provident Foundation - B Labs UK-Be the Change powered by B Lab
£75,000 11/09/2018
We have now huge demand for engagement with the B Corp movement so that now 2,100 businesses from all across the UK are considering their impact. Increasingly, we need to find more ways to engage these business leaders beyond B Corp certification - ....more
Friends Provident Foundation - B LAB (UK) - Continuation Application
£50,000 13/12/2016
A B Corporation is a new type of company that makes a commitment to use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.
Friends Provident Foundation - B LAB (UK) - Building Resilient Economies Programme
£20,000 16/06/2015
A B Corporation is a new type of company that makes a commitment to use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-56
  • AMY CLARKE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • ANURADHA CHUGH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • DR MARY JOHNSTONE-LOUIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Research Fellow
  • GEORGE KING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Wealth Manager
  • LOUISE MARY ELIZABETH HARMAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor
  • NICOLA CLARK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • PHILIPPA MURRAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo
  • THOMAS JOLYON KENRICK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Banker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/12/2015, number: 1164694
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/01/2015, number: 09388752
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

X & Why
20-30 Whitechapel Road
LONDON
E1 1EW

Objectives

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.(2) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY: (A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES; AND(B) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.“SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS. (3) TO PROMOTE COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW AND ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY ENCOURAGING THE ADOPTION AND APPLICATION OF HIGH STANDARDS OF BUSINESS ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE AND THEREBY;A. MAXIMISING THE MATERIAL POSITIVE IMPACT OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ON PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AFFECTED BY SUCH ACTIVITIES; AND B. MINIMISING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ON PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AFFECTED BY SUCH ACTIVITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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