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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

SPEAKERS TRUST LIMITED

Speakers Trust is the Uk's leading public speaking training organisation working in education and in partnership with the not for profit sector. We are the fastest-growing provider of public speaking and communication training in the UK and work with people from all walks of life.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£1,215£1,206£8£24£351£3513.59250
31/08/22£1,314£1,204£109£51£343£3433.49150
31/08/21£717£703£13£20£233£23348150
31/08/20£881£863£19£22£220£2203.180
31/08/19£1,235£1,219£16£31£202£202290
31/08/18£996£1,089£-93£26£186£186280
31/08/17£954£958£-4£25£279£2793.570
31/08/16?£970£823£147£3£282£276450
31/07/15£900£809£91£8£136£1291.940
31/07/14£878£884£-6£32£44£260.490
31/07/13£1,015£1,063£-48£45£51£400.460
31/07/12£915£925£-10£38£99£931.250
31/07/11£889£831£57£49£108£761.150
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 54%
Liabilities/Income: 34%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years
(16 years as a company)

www.speakerstrust.org

info@speakerstrust.org

02079227902

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£14,160
Westminster Foundation£11,730
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Match - Speakers' Trust
£5,000 21/10/2022
to support youth and confidence
Westminster Foundation - Offices grant - Speakers Trust - 07/06/2022
£11,730 06/07/2022
7
Rent reimbursement
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Speakers Trust Limited
£14,160 11/06/2020
£14,160.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Speakers Trust Ltd (known as Speakers Trust)
£3,500 05/07/2019
11
Funding was provided for project costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering vulnerable youth to speak out
£9,994 11/04/2019
12
The funding will be used to provide expert led training in communication skills to vulnerable and socially excluded young people. The project aims to build their confidence and support them to fill their potential in education, training and ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£9,984 20/12/2018
Training groups of young people to go into communty spaces and give advice on how they can make it more welcoming to young people
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£9,984 20/12/2018
Training groups of young people to go into communty spaces and give advice on how they can make it more welcoming to young people
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Speakers Trust Limited
£49,100 13/09/2018
£49,100 to research, develop and implement the products, systems and processes needed to scale the income-generating trading-for-purpose arm of Speakers' Trust, enhancing long-term financial sustainability and enable social investment.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Costs of the administrator and office costs
£5,000 27/06/2006
Towards the costs of the administrator and office costs of this speaking skills project for disadvantaged people
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-71
  • ALAN LESLIE READ Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Digital Officer
  • ANDREW RAWNSLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Journalist
  • CHARLES ANTHONY LESSER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Finance
  • ELIZABETH FRANCES RUNHAM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Human Resources Director
  • HULDA MESILEMOTE PIRES ADAO HMP Appointed: 2018
  • JAVNEET GHUMAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Associate Director, Policy And Advocacy
  • LOUISE CLAIRE LEE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Multi Academy Trust Ceo
  • MARTIN ROBERT THOMAS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Consultant
  • PIERS FREDERICK LLOYD Appointed: 2024
  • SIMON JOHN NEWTON HEALE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2010, number: 1139377
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/11/2008, number: 06740655
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

Fivefields
8-10 Grosvenor Gardens
LONDON
SW1W 0DH

Objectives

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF EDUCATION IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PUBLIC SPEAKING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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