BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT

Registered charity 1136395 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of information, support and representation for providers of supported employment services.Provision of information and support for customers and their families.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OR OTHER ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR VOCATIONAL LIFE SKILLS AND IN PARTICULAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS RELEVANT TO PARTICIPATION IN EMPLOYMENT.B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rushmoor, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £331,635, which is above the stated policy target of £90,000. However, the charity reports a significant reliance on donations from Inclusive Trading CIC and notes that current membership levels remain below the target needed for financial sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05794990

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Association for Supported Employment (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GLADDISH, Emma — director, appointed 27/07/2026not on trustee list
• POWLSON, Andrew Martin — director, appointed 22/07/2026on trustee list
• RYAN, Ashley Liza — director, appointed 10/09/2025on trustee list
• CHISLETT, Imali Paige — director, appointed 10/09/2025on trustee list
• GEORGE, Maurice — director, appointed 17/09/2024on trustee list
• CLAYDON- HOWES, Shona — director, appointed 29/04/2024not on trustee list
• CHARMAN, Neryssa — director, appointed 26/06/2023on trustee list
• CORLESS, Lee — director, appointed 28/02/2023on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Ramsay — director, appointed 09/12/2019on trustee list
• SEDDON, Alexandra — director, appointed 09/12/2019on trustee list
• KENNEDY, Petra Alexandra — director, appointed 01/04/2019on trustee list
• STENNING, David — director, appointed 18/05/2018on trustee list
• BRITT, Matthew Lee — director, appointed 16/11/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Seddon
• Andrew Powlson
• Ashley Liza Ryan
• David Stenning
• Imali Paige Chislett
• Joanne Spurgeon
• Lee Edward Corless
• Matthew Britt
• Maurice George
• Neryssa Charman
• Petra Alexandra Kennedy
• Ramsay Taylor
• Shona Claydon

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

• THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS income £343k
• THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY income £149k
• THE SUITED & BOOTED CENTRE LIMITED income £109k
• THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) income £151k
• BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY income £15.3m
• ELITE SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT AGENCY LIMITED income £839k

Side by side with its peers

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