THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED

Registered charity 206391 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes grants to charitable organisations around the world whose purposes are to help young or disadvantaged people, especially anyone suffering deprivation and discrimination, such as poor, homeless and vulnerable women and children, minority communities, particularly where people are affected by: poverty, a lack of education, malnutrition and disease

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH SBCW IS ESTABLISHED (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PROMOTION OF SUCH PURPOSES BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE SBCW BOARD MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FOREGOING:(A) THE PROMOTION OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN INDUSTRY WITH A VIEW TO ENSURING THE DISCHARGE BY PERSONS ENGAGED IN INDUSTRY OF THEIR SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS FOR THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITIES WITHIN WHICH THEY OPERATE; AND(B) THE PROMOTION OF “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUB-CLAUSE "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" SHALL MEAN DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITIES OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND FOREIGN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net expenditure of £14.2m for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to restructuring costs, asset impairments, and a loss from operations. Despite this loss, the group remains a going concern with adequate cash reserves and no outstanding borrowings on its revolving credit facility. The charity itself holds unrestricted reserves of £1.2m, which are above its stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~20.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Martin Fordchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Bhuvan Pratap Lalka
• David Black
• Dr Renu Gupta
• Gayatri Ramakrishnan
• John Leslie Brenchley
• Sonia Jayne Kaur Davies
• THOMAS JAMES BUCHAN SCOTT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Roy Treleaven Jones

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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