Speakup Self Advocacy Limited

Registered charity 1109054 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England

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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 trustees on the board

8.5y median 8.5y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

David Peter Gill since 2011

16.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

David IAN Chester

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4Economic/community Development/employment 4Education/training 4Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Tech and media 6

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£657k latest income

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.

2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

18 from 16 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.

74%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

The Crookstone Adventure Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Cadbury Foundation Similar size; both Community development
Hope for Children and Their Families Limited Similar size; both Community development
Beechwood Educare Centre Similar size; both Community development
Home-Start Nottingham Similar size; both Community development
Castle Point Association of Voluntary Services Limited Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.speakup.org.uk
Email	team@speakup.org.uk
Phone	01709720462
Address	SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, GALAX BUILDING, FITZWILLIAM ROAD, EASTWOOD TRADING ESTATE, ROTHERHAM, S65 1SL

Finances

£656,919 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£574,559	£414,177
2022	£495,929	£492,940
2023	£468,524	£520,795
2024	£900,996	£588,988
2025	£656,919	£812,896

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, AUTISM AND MENTAL HEALTH IN SELF-ADVOCACY AND RELATED AREAS, AND 2. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, AUTISM AND MENTAL HEALTH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 FEBRUARY 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 22 MARCH 2005 AND 19 OCTOBER 2010.

Trustees (5)

5trustees

68median age

2aged 70+

ROY Farnsworthage band 65-69 Chair
David IAN Chesterage band 75-79
David Peter Gillage band 35-39 since 2011
Dr Rebecca Lawthomage band 55-59 since 2024
Gillian Aviva Sulmanage band 80-84

Linked company (Companies House)

Speakup Self Advocacy Limited · 04655406 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 04/02/2003

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

The Crookstone Adventure Trust 1 shared trustee

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