Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

BETTER COMMUNITY BUSINESS NETWORK LIMITED

BCBN was set up to identify worthwhile community projects and partner with credible charities. BCBN aims to work for the betterment of our society by helping to fulfil the corporate social responsibility of businesses and encouraging positive community participation.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
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:

Income has been volatile recently
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/07/23		£153	£127	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/22		£267	£262	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/21		£113	£110	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/20		£93	£97	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/19		£255	£262	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/18		£116	£110	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/17		£251	£282	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/16		£253	£256	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/15	*	£111	£109	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/14		£201	£199	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

www.bcbn.org.uk

admin@bcbn.org.uk

02072029129

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

General Community services

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

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
The Fore - Grant to Better Community Business Network
£25,800	12/04/2021 36	BCBN is a London-based charity, formed by a group of business professionals in 2011, as a Muslim-led initiative to identify and support community projects throughout the UK. To date, BCBN has raised £1.5m in funds distributed to community causes. ....more BCBN is a London-based charity, formed by a group of business professionals in 2011, as a Muslim-led initiative to identify and support community projects throughout the UK. To date, BCBN has raised £1.5m in funds distributed to community causes. Over the last two years, BCBN has been committed to supporting and co-producing community-led mental health support programmes. BCBN are using their Fore grant to employ a Programme Co-ordinator to build organisational capacity and support their mental health strategy, enabling BCBN to share and facilitate knowledge, access and collaboration between statutory services, institutions and community organisations for a more informed, focused and faith-sensitive approach to the mental health needs of Muslims in the UK.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-60

DR ALLYAH ABBAS-HANIF Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Cardiologist

KASHIF USMANI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

RAMI SAWAS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: It Consultant

SORIE IBRAHIM ABUKALIL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Hospitality Director

TARIQ USMANI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Construction

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/04/2013, number: 1151484
Registered at Companies House on 13/07/2012, number: 08142721

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR15: 1 days late,

Main office

50 Havelock Terrace
London
SW8 4AL

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE:(I) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.(II) TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE ADVANCE IN LIFE;(III) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(IV) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY

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