SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS

Registered charity 1085465 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SSE

The School for Social Entrepreneurs supports social entrepreneurs, people developing solutions to problems in their communities and the wider world, through innovative 'learning by doing' based programmes that combine personal and project development.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £1.36 million, while the charity maintains a stated reserves policy target of £1 million. Per the trustees' report, the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Match Trading — “Through practical learning, Match Trading™ grants and expert support, we help people build confidence, skills and connections to grow strong…” (source page)
• The DPS — “The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) and charity School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) have launched a nine-month accelerator, the DPS S…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 9.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard David COLLIER-KEYWOODchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• CHARLOTTE Elizabeth YOUNG
• Genevieve Dowokpor
• JOHN Dominic Weare BROWN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jill Anne Halford
• Louise Shield
• MICHAEL DAVID ROBERT PHILLIPS
• Megan Emery
• Osmond Junior Smart
• STEVEN JOHNSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sharon McPherson · trustee of 1 other charity
• William Ranjan-Churchill
• Yvonne Farquharson

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS.

• THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS income £6.4m
• THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION income £1.2m
• The Jones Community and Education Trust income £365k
• THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE income £4.9m
• BEIS TRANA SCHOOL OF LONDON LIMITED income £1.7m
• SKINNERS' EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.