The Scott Bader Commonwealth Limited

Analysis

The Scott Bader Commonwealth Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in December 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00496082). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Scott Bader Commonwealth Limited reported income of £698k and spending of £715k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £589k to £698k (+19%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Scott Bader Commonwealth Limited sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Francis Employability (£698k), Gamlen Charitable Trust (£700k) and Shama Womens Centre (£697k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and investments 7.3%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £339k. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.