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THE FOOD AND DRINK TRAINING AND EDUCATION COUNCIL LIMITED

Registered charity 1041966 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEAT TRAINING COUNCIL LIMITED, MTC, THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL OR M T C

To secure and promote the provision of training within both the food and drink industries

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £300,742 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £300,742. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months’ operating costs (held: £301k)
“The charity’s policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to three months’ operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by DSC Accountants Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£301k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 96.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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
31/08/2025£1.5m£1.5m
31/08/2024£1.4m£1.4m
31/08/2023£1.6m£1.6m
31/08/2022£1.5m£1.4m
31/08/2021£1.1m£1.0m

Common questions

Is THE FOOD AND DRINK TRAINING AND EDUCATION COUNCIL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £300,742 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £300,742. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DSC Accountants Ltd.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
Academie du Vin Foundation1£32k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY1£13k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)1£2k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST1£1k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WINE AND SPIRIT EDUCATION TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FOOD AND DRINK TRAINING AND EDUCATION COUNCIL LIMITED£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
WINE AND SPIRIT EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£22.7m——below—no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
KUSZER TZEDAKAH FY2025£141k—0above—no doubt
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE LIMITED FY2025£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
FYLDE COAST SCITT LIMITED FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.