SCREENSKILLS LIMITED

Registered charity 1015324 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CREATIVE SKILLSET - SECTOR SKILLS COUNCIL LIMITED, SKILLSET, SKILLSET SECTOR SKILLS COUNCIL · listed website unreachable when last crawled · also registered in Scotland as SC039556 (OSCR)

Latest income
£17.5m
Latest spending
£16.1m
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £17.45m, driven by a 36% rise in Skills Funds contributions. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1.86m, which is above the stated target of £1.2m, and maintains a cash balance of £18.25m to meet current liabilities. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and there are no material uncertainties regarding the organization's ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £1.2m (held: £1.9m)
The Committee’s view is that the base amount of funds to be held as unrestricted ‘free reserves’ by ScreenSkills - defined as unrestricted reserves, excluding fixed assets - should be in the region of £1.2m. — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Skills fund contributions are received from entities in which ScreenSkills Trustees and members of the various skills councils are employees/directors. These transactions are undertaken on the same terms as all other entities therefore they have not been disclosed here.
Skills fund contributions are received from entities in which ScreenSkills Trustees and members of the various skills councils are employees/directors. These transactions are undertaken on the same terms as all other entities therefore they have not been disclosed here. — page 55
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£17.5m
Total spending
£16.1m
Reserves (reported)
£1.9m
Employees
66

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 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
31/03/2025£17.5m£16.1m
31/03/2024£13.7m£15.5m
31/03/2023£18.4m£17.0m
31/03/2022£17.9m£13.0m
31/03/2021£11.7m£9.8m

Common questions

Is SCREENSKILLS LIMITED financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income increased to £17.45m, driven by a 36% rise in Skills Funds contributions. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1.86m, which is above the stated target of £1.2m, and maintains a cash balance of £18.25m to meet current liabilities. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and there are no material uncertainties regarding the organization's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/05/2013£326k"Archives New Entrants Scheme"

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