Speakers Trust Limited

Analysis

Speakers Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06740655). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Speakers Trust Limited reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £717k to £1.5m (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Speakers Trust Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llangollen Railway Trust Limited (£1.5m), UK Music Masters Ltd. (£1.5m) and Hawkwood College Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, donations and legacies 5.4% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £290k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.