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BRITISH PLUMBING EMPLOYERS COUNCIL (TRAINING) LIMITED

Registered charity 1012890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BPEC (TRAINING) LTD

Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,887,565, supported by an investment portfolio valued at £3,574,288. The trustees' report indicates that the charity does not actively fundraise and relies principally on investment income and gift-aided profits from its trading subsidiary to meet its objectives. The independent auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties related to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient working capital is available to cover its ongoing work in the succeeding 12 months and beyond (held: £5.9m)
“The company has a policy of regularly reviewing (at least annually) the reserves its holds to ensure that sufficient working capital is available to cover its ongoing work in the succeeding 12 months and beyond and that sufficient funds are held.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: BPEC Services Limited
“BPEC Services gift-aided in 2024 £5,000 to the BPEC Charity from its surplus profit.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bates Weston Audit Limited.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£1.8m
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~11.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.2m£1.8m
31/12/2024£2.2m£1.8m
31/12/2023£2.1m£1.9m
31/12/2022£1.8m£1.5m
31/12/2021£1.5m£1.3m

Common questions

Is BRITISH PLUMBING EMPLOYERS COUNCIL (TRAINING) LIMITED financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,887,565, supported by an investment portfolio valued at £3,574,288. The trustees' report indicates that the charity does not actively fundraise and relies principally on investment income and gift-aided profits from its trading subsidiary to meet its objectives. The independent auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties related to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Bates Weston Audit Limited.

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