LEICESTERSHIRE EDUCATION BUSINESS COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1016744 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEBC, LEBC LTD, LEICESTERSHIRE EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

TO PROMOTE LINKS BETWEEN BUSINESS AND EDUCATION. PREPARING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE WORLD OF WORK THROUGH CAREERS ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND EVENTS; PROVIDING WORK-EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS TO SECONDARY STUDENTS AND ADULTS; SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACCESS OUT OF SCHOOL PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEERING; RAISING AWARENESS AND INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT CAREERS IN STEM.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of approximately £90,000, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,636,442. The Trustees report that prudent financial management and a clear strategic direction are central to building resilience, with plans to review activities to secure a sustainable long-term future. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Somerbys Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Barbara Chantrill — Chair of Trustees (source)
• Dr. Susan Matthews — Vice Chair of Trustees (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~16.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Chantrillchair
• Caroline Amanda Boucher
• Dr RICHARD MOODY
• Nicola Paula Hurley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ruth Imogen Cox
• Sarah Jane Bird
• Susan Mary Tilley
• Susan Matthews · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Northamptonshire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS CLUBS.

• LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS CLUBS income £134k
• COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION & LYNCX income £236k
• STUDENT UNION LETTINGS LIMITED income £1.8m
• LEICESTERSHIRE INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £7.2m
• BUSINESS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (UK) LTD income £1.9m
• LEICESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB TRUST LIMITED income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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