Debate Mate Schools Limited

Registered charity 1121222 Registered since 2007

Operates: Throughout England, Scotland

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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.

7 trustees on the board

8.3y median 7.5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Britt Lintner Chair since 2013
Daniel Trotter since 2017
Debra Judith Sara Thompson since 2016

9.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

company-linked trustees

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

Business services 1Finance 1Utilities 1

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Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£1.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

15 from 20 in 2020

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.

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.

Also active in the same field

The Ogden Trust Similar size; both Education
European College of Business and Management Similar size; both Education
The Hampstead School of ART Similar size; both Education
The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Similar size; both Education
The Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services Similar size; both Education
Avalon School Educational Trust Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.debatemate.org
Email	info@debatemate.com
Phone	07941559731
Address	Unit 4, The Viaduct Business Centre, 364A Coldharbour Lane, London, SW9 8PL

Finances

£1,166,355 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£1,057,163	£1,230,319
2021	£995,085	£945,696
2022	£1,318,861	£1,263,109
2023	£1,333,722	£1,360,391
2024	£1,166,355	£1,200,663

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14 JUNE 2007 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION ON 18 SEPTEMBER 2007 AND BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 1ST JULY 2010.AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 26 JUL 2017

Trustees (7)

7trustees

53median age

0aged 70+

Britt Lintnerage band 55-59 Chair since 2013
Adebayo Odusolaage band 30-34 since 2020
Daniel Trotter since 2017
Debra Judith Sara Thompsonage band 55-59 since 2016
Fiona ANN Edwards-Stuart
Keanna Williamsage band 25-29 since 2020
Sherifat Alimiage band 50-54 since 2020

Linked company (Companies House)

Debate Mate Schools Limited · 06279466 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 14/06/2007

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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