The Oversight Trust

Assets for the Common Good

What we do

The role of The Oversight Trust - Assets for the Common Good, is to oversee the operations of companies that receive funding under the Dormant Assets Act 2008-2022 (Dormant Assets Act) and to keep these companies “on mission”.

The Operation Companies (OpCos) are: Better Society Capital, Youth Futures Foundation, Fair4All Finance and Access – the Foundation for Social Investment. Read more about the background and development of the Oversight Trust and these operating organisations below.

Latest News

Access CEO Seb Elsworth to step down

Seb Elsworth will leave his role as CEO of Access after 11 years to join the Queen Elizabeth Trust. He has been Access’ first CEO since it was set up in 2015. Seb has overseen Access’s establishment and growth, tripling the foundation’s resources and reaching more than 3,800 charities and social enterprises since its creation in 2015. Vaughan Lindsay, Chair of The Oversight Trust, says: “Seb Elsworth has been an exceptional leader of Access since its inception in 2015. He ha

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Board Meeting Minutes

The minutes of all Board meetings are published here on the Oversight Trust’s website (they may be redacted in case of confidential information having been shared).

You can find these and other documents, such as our Annual Accounts and Quadrennial Reviews on our Publications page.

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