Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 8

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

SOCIAL MOBILITY BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

SMBP is dedicated to broadening access to businesses, by providing students from low income backgrounds access to work insight with multiple employers, resilience training and lifetime career mentoring. The SMBP Delivery model has been developed to encourage collaboration not competition between organisations across the world of business and the wider third sector by providing the operational back

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 7 years

www.smbp.org.uk

info@smbp.org.uk

07979 757217

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£227	£232	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	800
31/12/21	£218	£185	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	700
31/12/20	£231	£204	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	700
31/12/19	£258	£192	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	600
31/12/18	£252	£159	£94	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	600

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 34%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
800 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Social Mobility Business Partnership
£18,750	31/01/2023	As requested by the donor towards advancing the education and work experience of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Social Mobility Business Partnership
£18,750	20/04/2022	As requested by the donor towards advancing the education and work experience of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Social Mobility Business Partnership
£3,750	13/01/2021	As requested by the donor towards advancing the education and work experience of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Social Mobility Business Partnership
£18,750	13/01/2021	As requested by the donor towards advancing the education and work experience of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Social Mobility Business Partnership
£15,000	23/01/2020	As requested by the donor towards advancing the education and work experience of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Social Mobility Business Partnership
£18,750	20/12/2018	As requested by the donor towards advancing the education and work experience of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Social Mobility Business Partnership
£18,750	13/12/2017	As requested by the donor towards advancing the education and work experience of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW SHELDON GARARD (Chair) Appointed: 2017

ALEXANDER JOHN ALAN JAMES EDMISTON Appointed: 2023

CAROLE MEHIGAN Appointed: 2018

DOMINIC EWART ROBERTSON Appointed: 2020

JOANNE STELLA MARIA THEODOULOU Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Lawyer, Other trusteeship: MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH),

KEVIN GOLD Appointed: 2017

OLIVER GARRATT HIPPERSON Appointed: 2023

RAYMOND JEREMY BERG Appointed: 2017

ROBERT JAMES ELVIN Appointed: 2018

ROBERT ANDREW LAWSON Appointed: 2019

RUSSELL IAN JOHNSTONE Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: SOCIAL TECH TRUST,

TANYA FRANCIS Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/08/2017, number: 1174309

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Osborne Clarke Llp
1 London Wall
LONDON
EC2Y 5EB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM LOW INCOME BACKGROUNDS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:PROVIDING AND FACILITATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO OBTAIN WORK EXPERIENCE WITH ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN OR WITH THE PROFESSIONS OF LAW AND ACCOUNTANCY, AND SUCH OTHER PROFESSIONS AND FIELDS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT; ANDADVISING AND ASSISTING THEM TO ACHIEVE THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS AND TO ENTER AND PROGRESS IN CAREERS IN SUCH PROFESSIONS AND FIELDS.

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