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SPEAKEASY NOW

Registered charity 1106914 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity supports people in Worcestershire, with learning disabilities, to self-advocate. We are a member led charity who supports it's members with learning disabilities to speak up for themselves, ensure services are inclusive and reasonable adjustments are in place.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£242k
Latest spending
£297k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £54,860 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total expenditure of £296,661 against total income of £241,801. Available reserves decreased from £246,841 to £201,981 during the period. The filing does not disclose a reserves policy or any material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£242k£297k
31/03/2024£376k£259k
31/03/2023£255k£218k
31/03/2022£204k£147k
31/03/2021£151k£108k

Common questions

Is SPEAKEASY NOW financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £54,860 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total expenditure of £296,661 against total income of £241,801. Available reserves decreased from £246,841 to £201,981 during the period. The filing does not disclose a reserves policy or any material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/12/2020£352kSpeak Up
The National Lottery Community Fund04/06/2020£38kSpeakEasy NOW - Keeping in touch duringCovid-19
The National Lottery Community Fund28/09/2018£10kPeoples Parliament Project Assistant
The National Lottery Community Fund04/01/2005£5kTo hold a conference for people with learning difficulties

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION1—
AL Philanthropies1£21.0m
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST1£3.3m
JACK PETCHEY FOUNDATION1£852k
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£252k
INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY FOUNDATION1£40k
LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMERCIAL EDUCATION TRUST1£40k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION1£38k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIGHTON & HOVE SPEAK OUT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPEAKEASY NOW£242k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIGHTON & HOVE SPEAK OUT FY2025£331k—0below—no doubt
SPEAK OUT IN HOUNSLOW FY2025£283k—0unclear—noted
SPEAKERS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.5m£80,000 - £90,00012unclear—no doubt
SPEAKERS FOR SCHOOLS FY2025£5.7m£150,001 - £160,000—unclear—no doubt
THE SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING FOUNDATION FY2024£182k—0above—no doubt

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