\n Swindon-based Southby & Co Financial Planning has been named a finalist in the Charity Champions of the Year category at the Money Marketing Awards 2025.\n<\/p>\n
\n Based in Wroughton, the firm specialises in helping individuals, families, and small business owners manage their wealth across Swindon and North Wiltshire.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dave Southby, founder of Southby & Co, said: “Being shortlisted for the Money Marketing Community Champion award means so much to me and the team.\n<\/p>\n
\n “One of our values is to support our local community and charity partners, so to be recognised nationally for the work, within our industry, is incredible.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The Charity Champion of the Year category honours businesses that raise awareness and funds for charities through outstanding social impact.\n<\/p>\n
\n Southby & Co\u2019s charitable work includes long-standing support for Wroughton Youth FC, as well as sponsorship of the Wroughton Tornados and Wroughton Witches football teams.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2025, the firm will continue supporting the Kelly Foundation, its 2024 Charity of the Year, and will also back CALM (Children\u2019s Cancer & Leukaemia Movement), the Swindon Toy Appeal, and Avon Needs Trees, which works to create permanent woodland across the South West.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Southby said: “Being a supporter of local charities is a huge part of our business.\n<\/p>\n
\n “For us, it is about engaging with our community and making life easier for those in need and improving the place in which we live.\n<\/p>\n
\n “To be nominated in this category is such a boost and I am so glad the Money Marketing Awards is putting charity work at the heart of our industry.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Hopefully, this will encourage other companies to do the same.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The Money Marketing Awards celebrate excellence across the UK financial services sector, bringing together hundreds of advisors and industry leaders.\n<\/p>\n
\n This year\u2019s ceremony will take place at The Londoner Hotel in London\u2019s West End on Thursday, September 11.\n<\/p>\n
\n Tom Browne, editor of Money Marketing, said: “We are excited to welcome the Southby & Co Financial Planning team to the Money Marketing Awards 2025.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We can’t wait to celebrate the businesses nominated and see who wins.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Southby & Co will attend the event in London, where they will find out if they have secured the Charity Champion of the Year title.\n<\/p>\n
\n The awards feature 11 categories in the advisor awards section, with Charity Champion of the Year being a key part of the 2025 lineup.\n<\/p>\n