BETTER COMMUNITY BUSINESS NETWORK LIMITED

Registered charity 1151484 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCBN

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.

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Latest income

£148k

Latest spending

£154k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £24,567 from £32,681 in the prior year, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(6,497). The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months, adopting the going concern basis. The charity's ongoing running costs are funded by the Trustees, with other monies distributed to charitable causes.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees and related parties

“The total aggregate value of donations received from trustees and other related parties in the year was £70,300 (2024: £64,600). No conditions were attached to these donations.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Allyah Abbas-Hanif
KASHIF USMANI
TARIQ USMANI · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£148k	£154k
31/07/2024	£83k	£87k
31/07/2023	£153k	£127k
31/07/2022	£267k	£262k
31/07/2021	£113k	£110k

Common questions

Is BETTER COMMUNITY BUSINESS NETWORK LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £24,567 from £32,681 in the prior year, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(6,497). The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months, adopting the going concern basis. The charity's ongoing running costs are funded by the Trustees, with other monies distributed to charitable causes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRENT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT.

BRENT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £1.0m
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND income £400k
COMPAS income £315k
BRANDON CARRSIDE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT income £102k
HIMAT TANNA CHARITABLE TRUST income £126k
THE SAID BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BETTER COMMUNITY BUSINESS NETWORK LIMITED	£148k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRENT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND FY2024	£400k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COMPAS FY2026	£315k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRANDON CARRSIDE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025	£102k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HIMAT TANNA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.