SPEECH BUBBLES CIO

Registered charity 1194022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support young children to develop positive communication and social skills. We do this through a series of fun and engaging story-drama workshops delivered in collaboration with their primary schools. This work is currently happening in London, Kent, Hertfordshire, Bristol, Cornwall and Greater Manchester.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF THE ART OF DRAMA.

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

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Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£243k
Latest spending
£223k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

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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 4 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 11

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 15

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£243k£223k
31/08/2024£189k£165k
31/08/2023£219k£185k
31/08/2022£196k£149k

Common questions

Is SPEECH BUBBLES CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided text is limited to the Independent Examiner's Report and does not contain financial statements, trustee reports, or narrative sections detailing the charity's financial performance, reserves, or operational health. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SPEECH BUBBLES CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPEECH BUBBLES CIO as a grant recipient include The Portal Trust.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Portal TrustFY2025£19kTheatre Peckham