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Registered charity · London

School for Social Entrepreneurs

School for Social Entrepreneurs is a registered charity (number 1085465) based in London, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Richard David Collier-Keywood since 2012. Latest income £4.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as SSE (Charity Commission)

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £4.3m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.sse.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
School for Social Entrepreneurs
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.3m£5.0m
  • 2024£5.8m£6.5m
  • 2023£8.7m£7.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£9.4m£9.5m
  • 2021£8.6m£8.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 13% · Government grants 41%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE TIME BEING WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION AS TO AGE, SEX, RACE, RELIGION OR OPINION AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY EDUCATING AND TRAINING IN THE SKILLS, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES REQUIRED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHARITABLE, PHILANTHROPIC AND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS AND PROJECTS.2. THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AND SOCIAL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.3. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHIN SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AND SOCIAL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.IN THIS CLAUSE THE PHRASE “SOCIAL ENTERPRISE” SHALL MEAN A BODY WHICH A PERSON MIGHT REASONABLY CONSIDER ACTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

Grants received

26 grants · £16,081,599 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,084,963 (5 grants)
  • City Bridge Trust · £2,388,260 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,503,064
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £860,290 (2 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £402,832 (4 grants)

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5.4y median 4.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (4)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 13Economic/community Development/employment 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 20Tech and media 9Other services 8

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.7 in 2021

54 from 47 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
53%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1085465
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22ND DECEMBER 1999, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 1ST MARCH 2001AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24 JUL 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 DEC 2016 as amended on 23 Sep 2021 as amended on 11 Dec 2024
Companies House
Company number 03900741 · Active
Contact on the register
02070899120 · office@sse.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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