# SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1097832
- **Other names:** SEO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04159512](https://opencompanies.uk/company/04159512)
- **Registered:** June 5, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1097832


## Contact

- **Address:** 41 Great Guilford Street, London
- **Postcode:** SE1 0ES
- **Phone:** 020 7400 0403
- **Email:** abigail.moss@seo-london.org
- **Website:** seo-london.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 3. Objects3.1 The Charity&#x27;s Objects are: (a) to promote the advancement of education by providing advice, training, coaching and mentoring to students and young persons in the United Kingdom or elsewhere who are from such demographic groups or backgrounds as the Trustees may consider to be underrepresented or disadvantaged in any areas of education or employment or in any other activity as the Trustees may from time to time determine. We will assist any such persons to learn skills and qualities such as self-motivation, effective communication, leadership and other vocational, personal, social or pastoral skills, with a view to all or any of the following, as may be permitted by law in the relevant jurisdiction: (i) encouraging them in pursuit of academic achievement;(ii) guiding them and assisting them concerning the exploration and exploitation of opportunities for education and employment;(iii) assisting them to develop their potential and improve their chances of entering and progressing in careers in which members of their demographic groups or backgrounds are under-represented in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;(iv) instigating career and work experience initiatives with specific companies, institutions or other organisations in one or more of the following sectors or professions: the arts, finance, banking, investment banking, commerce, law, accountancy, technology, media, philanthropy, consultancy and other such sectors or professions as the Trustees may, from time to time, in their discretion determine;(v) encouraging and enabling them to take an active part in voluntary and/or community service activities. (b) to promote the relief of unemployment of people from certain demographic groups or backgrounds that the Trustees may consider to be from time to time, under-represented or disadvantaged, in the workforce in the United Kingdom or elsewhere by providing advice, training, coaching, mentoring and encouragement to apply for jobs in career areas in which they have been traditionally under-represented or disadvantaged, as may be permitted by law in the relevant jurisdiction.

**Activities:** Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) London is a not-for-profit organisation focused on improving access into the most competitive professions from under-represented ethnic minority backgrounds through a comprehensive training, mentoring and networking programme designed to improve their chances of securing graduate careers with the UK&#x27;s most impressive graduate employers.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UK OR ELSEWHERE
- France
- Throughout London





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Andrew Amiel Fairbairn** | Chair | July 1, 2022 |
| AUSAF ABBAS |  |  |
| Devesh Pradeep Shah |  | Feb. 17, 2022 |
| Karen Chamberlain |  | March 25, 2025 |
| Kene Ejikeme |  | March 27, 2024 |
| Kokou Agbo Bloua |  | Dec. 14, 2023 |
| Mohit Kumar Agarwal |  | May 7, 2014 |
| Naveen Wadhera |  | Jan. 4, 2023 |
| Pamela Hutchinson |  | June 14, 2023 |
| Zoe Jane Ashcroft |  |  |




