# SOCIAL MOBILITY BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1174309
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 18, 2017
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1174309


## Contact

- **Address:** Osborne Clarke Llp, 1 London Wall, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC2Y 5EB
- **Phone:** 07885549247
- **Email:** info@smbp.org.uk
- **Website:** www.smbp.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** SMBP is dedicated to broadening access to businesses, by providing students from low income backgrounds access to work insight with multiple employers, resilience training and lifetime career mentoring. The SMBP Delivery model has been developed to encourage collaboration not competition between organisations across the world of business and the wider third sector by providing the operational back




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £354710 | £340121 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £276084 | £273608 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £227367 | £231939 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £217877 | £184977 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £230853 | £203635 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ANDREW SHELDON GARARD** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 18, 2017
- Alexander John Alan James Edmiston — appointed Jan. 12, 2023
- Alice Mary Frances Bretherton — appointed June 10, 2024
- Carole Mehigan — appointed Jan. 24, 2018
- Dominic Ewart Robertson — appointed June 1, 2020
- Joanne Stella Maria Theodoulou — appointed Sept. 26, 2018
- Michael Durham Davison — appointed June 10, 2024
- Oliver Garratt Hipperson — appointed May 23, 2023
- Paul Gareth Lewis — appointed June 10, 2024
- ROBERT JAMES ELVIN — appointed Jan. 24, 2018
- Robert Andrew Lawson — appointed Oct. 17, 2019
- Russell Ian Johnstone — appointed Jan. 30, 2019