B Lab (UK)

Analysis

B Lab (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09388752). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, B Lab (UK) reported income of £11.7m and spending of £9.6m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £11.7m (+621%), an average of +64% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, B Lab (UK) sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ashridge (Bonar Law Memorial) Trust (£11.4m), The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Rheilffyrdd Ffestiniog Ac Eryri) (£11.9m) and The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (£11.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £4.5m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 45 people.