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.

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, IN PARTICULAR BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS IN SELF ADVOCACY AND SELF REPRESENTATION;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND AMONGST PROFESSIONALS AND OTHERS WITH AN INTEREST IN THE WELFARE OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO LEARNING DISABILITY ISSUES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORCESTERSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Wychavon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net loss of £19,134 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total expenditure of £23,614 against income of £4,481. Available reserves stood at £180,627, which the trustees report as sufficient to meet future commitments. The organization relies heavily on funding from NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire and Worcestershire County Council.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jacqueline de Sousachair
• Jane Stanley
• Jonathan Monk
• Julie Wyatt
• RAY GALLIER

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPEAKEASY ADVOCACY.

• SPEAKEASY ADVOCACY income £115k
• SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY LIMITED income £657k
• LEWISHAM SPEAKING UP income £180k
• THE BURY SPEAKEASY CLUB income £138k
• South Wales Law Centre income £369k
• BRIGHTON & HOVE SPEAK OUT income £331k

Side by side with its peers

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