Speakers for Schools

Analysis

Speakers for Schools is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Speakers for Schools reported income of £5.7m and spending of £6.1m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.1m to £5.7m (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 188%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Speakers for Schools sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Foundation Charity of Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (£5.7m), Royal Statistical Society (£5.7m) and Mission44 (£5.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and charitable activities 3.3%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 3.2%. It employed 105 people.