Registered charity (CIO) · London

Social Mobility Business Partnership

12 trustees
Income £355k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Where: Throughout England
Website: www.smbp.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 2017

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2024£355k£340k
2023£276k£274k
2022£227k£232k

Earlier years

2021£218k£185k
2020£231k£204k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM LOW INCOME BACKGROUNDS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:PROVIDING AND FACILITATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO OBTAIN WORK EXPERIENCE WITH ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN OR WITH THE PROFESSIONS OF LAW AND ACCOUNTANCY, AND SUCH OTHER PROFESSIONS AND FIELDS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT; ANDADVISING AND ASSISTING THEM TO ACHIEVE THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS AND TO ENTER AND PROGRESS IN CAREERS IN SUCH PROFESSIONS AND FIELDS.

Grants received

10 grants · £141,500 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

Quartet Community Foundation · £141,500 (10 grants)

Most recent

Quartet Community Foundation £5,7502026-02-25
Quartet Community Foundation £5,7502025-04-28
Quartet Community Foundation £17,5002024-04-22
Quartet Community Foundation £18,7502023-01-31
Quartet Community Foundation £18,7502022-04-20

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.

12 trustees on the board

Andrew Sheldon Garard Chair since 2017
Alexander John Alan James Edmiston since 2023
Alice Mary Frances Bretherton since 2024
Carole Mehigan since 2018
Dominic Ewart Robertson since 2020
Joanne Stella Maria Theodoulou since 2018
Michael Durham Davison since 2024
Oliver Garratt Hipperson since 2023
Paul Gareth Lewis since 2024
Robert James Elvin since 2018
Robert Andrew Lawson since 2019
Russell Ian Johnstone since 2019

5.4y median 6.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Andrew Sheldon Garard Chair since 2017
Carole Mehigan since 2018
Dominic Ewart Robertson since 2020
Joanne Stella Maria Theodoulou since 2018
Robert James Elvin since 2018
Robert Andrew Lawson since 2019
Russell Ian Johnstone since 2019

7.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Andrew Sheldon Garard Chair since 2017
Alexander John Alan James Edmiston since 2023
Alice Mary Frances Bretherton since 2024
Carole Mehigan since 2018
Dominic Ewart Robertson since 2020
Michael Durham Davison since 2024
Oliver Garratt Hipperson since 2023
Robert James Elvin since 2018
Robert Andrew Lawson since 2019

Portfolio (3)

Joanne Stella Maria Theodoulou since 2018
Paul Gareth Lewis since 2024
Russell Ian Johnstone since 2019

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 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Disability 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.

Other services 3Professional services 3Health and social care 2

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.

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2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£355k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 1174309
Status: Registered
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 18 Aug 2017
Contact on the register: 07885549247 · info@smbp.org.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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