Common questions about Business in the Community's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Business in the Community a good charity? +
Business in the Community scores 66 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Business in the Community a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Business in the Community as a registered charity (charity number 297716). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=297716&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Business in the Community's charity number? +
Business in the Community's charity number is 297716. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Business in the Community's charity rating? +
Business in the Community scores 66 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Business in the Community have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Business in the Community. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Business in the Community? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of Business in the Community's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Business in the Community's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 1% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Business in the Community. Business in the Community's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports 26 employees paid more than £60,000, including 6 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Business in the Community receive? +
Business in the Community reported £13m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining.
Are Business in the Community's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-04-14). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Business in the Community based? +
Business in the Community's registered contact address is in London (N1 7RQ). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, with a focus on children & youth.
How much is Business in the Community's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Business in the Community's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports 26 employees paid more than £60,000, including 6 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Business in the Community's money come from? +
Business in the Community reported £13m total income for the year ending 30 June 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £12m (92%), donations and legacies £769k (6%), investments £226k (2%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Business in the Community? +
The register records Business in the Community as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Business in the Community's trustees paid? +
Business in the Community's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Business in the Community registered as a charity? +
Business in the Community was entered on the register on 28 September 1987. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01619253).
How does CharityCompare score Business in the Community? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Business in the Community's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Business in the Community's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.