Education & Young People Poverty & Inclusion 2025
LTSB (Leadership Through Sport and Business)

LTSB Impact Report 2024-2025

LTSB (Leadership Through Sport and Business) is a social mobility charity that prepares young people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds for careers in major companies across business, banking, law, insurance and contact centre sectors. In 2024-25, 525 young people completed programmes across the UK, with 70% of business programme participants entering employment and 100% programme satisfaction. Employer partnerships with NatWest Group, RSM, Lloyds Banking Group and Page Group provided over 750 hours of volunteering and corporate access. The FutureYOU schools pilot reached 180 Year 10 pupils and is being expanded nationally. Young people typically qualify through Free School Meals eligibility, residence in the most deprived 30% of areas, or other personal disadvantage, combined with the ability to succeed in corporate environments.

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Sector employment programmes (Business, Banking, Contact Centre, Insurance, Law, Sport); FutureYOU secondary schools initiative; employer insight days and corporate visits; mock interview volunteering; pastoral support through first year of employment; line manager training; alumni committee and youth voice programme Custom geography from upload: United Kingdom (Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Belfast, Edinburgh, Southend)

📊Key Metrics

525 beneficiaries supported across all programmes in 2024-25, with 70% of business programme participants placed into employment Key Metric 1
153 young people completed the NatWest Banking programme, with 58 employed in roles including Software Developer and Data Analyst at starting salaries of £23,940–£29,745 Key Metric 2
180 Year 10 pupils reached through FutureYOU schools programme pilot, with 91% better understanding what employers value and 58% rethinking their future career aspirations Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 96% of participants completed their pre-employment programme and 97% felt more employable on exit, with 100% satisfaction across all programmes — sustained against a backdrop of falling UK job openings and rising youth poverty
  • LTSB's sport programme made a full return in 2024-25, with coaching and refereeing sessions developing transferable skills including concision, clarity, decision-making and authority — with participant feedback highlighting sport as a key driver of cohort bonding and lasting friendships that address growing youth loneliness
  • The FutureYOU schools pilot — expanded nationally in 2026 — delivered 24 in-school sessions and 4 corporate visits to 49 Year 10 pupils at schools selected by deprivation and Pupil Premium rates, with 50% of students better able to communicate their abilities to employers

📍Geography

London, Other

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