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School for Social Entrepreneurs

School for Social Entrepreneurs Annual Report & Accounts 2024-25

The School for Social Entrepreneurs' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025 marks the final chapter of its previous strategic cycle and the opening of its new Home of Social Enterprise in Tower Hamlets. During the year SSE supported 1,381 leaders of social change through 21 learning programmes, 35 cohorts and 67 workshops, and distributed £930,808 in grants. Participants saw 43% average skills growth, recipients of Match Trading grants saw a 38% increase in traded income, and 37% of people on its programmes came from racially marginalised backgrounds, its highest number to date.

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The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), founded by Lord Michael Young in 1997, runs courses and programmes that equip people to start, scale and strengthen organisations that tackle society's biggest problems, working with teams across the UK and a sister organisation in India.

Key Metrics

1,381 leaders of social change supported
£930,808 in grants distributed
43% average skills growth in participants

Key Outcomes

  • 38% increase in traded income for recipients of Match Trading grants
  • 37% of people on its programmes came from racially marginalised backgrounds, its highest number to date
  • Learning programmes generated £59m trading income and reached 806,000 beneficiaries

Geography

UK-Wide

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