SKILLS AND EDUCATION GROUP AWARDS LIMITED

Registered charity 1086947 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABC AWARDS

The provision of qualifications to individuals through education and training providers

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Latest income

£3.0m

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £448,749 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £3,038,574 against expenditure of £2,589,825. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,134,217, which the trustees confirm is in line with their stated reserves policy. The trustees and auditors both confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: level necessary to provide a contingency to support day-to-day business activities in the event of reduced income and provide a strategic fund to develop and grow the Charity (held: £2.1m)

“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific purpose should be maintained at a level necessary to provide a contingency to support day-to-day business activities in the event of reduced income and provide a strategic fund to develop and grow the Charity.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Recharged wages and other costs from parent

“During the year the charity was recharged wages and other costs from its parent, totalling £1,440,699 (2024: £1,275,485). At the year end an amount of £1,818,906 (2024: 1,432,955) was owed by Skills and Education Group to Skills and Education Group Awards, as a result of cash advances to the parent charity net of the recharged costs.” — page 34

“Skills and Education Group Access, a subsidiary of the parent company Skills and Education Group, recharged costs of £14,176 (2024: £Nil) to Skills and Education Awards. Skills and Education Group Awards recharged costs to Skills and Education Group Access, toalling £Nil (2024: £102.129). At the year end a balance of £85,885 was owed by Skills and Education Group Access (2024: £100,061).” — page 34

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Costs recharged by subsidiary Skills and Education Group Access

“During the year the charity was recharged wages and other costs from its parent, totalling £1,440,699 (2024: £1,275,485). At the year end an amount of £1,818,906 (2024: 1,432,955) was owed by Skills and Education Group to Skills and Education Group Awards, as a result of cash advances to the parent charity net of the recharged costs.” — page 34

“Skills and Education Group Access, a subsidiary of the parent company Skills and Education Group, recharged costs of £14,176 (2024: £Nil) to Skills and Education Awards. Skills and Education Group Awards recharged costs to Skills and Education Group Access, toalling £Nil (2024: £102.129). At the year end a balance of £85,885 was owed by Skills and Education Group Access (2024: £100,061).” — page 34

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Costs recharged by subsidiary BIIAB Qualifications Limited

“During the year the charity was recharged wages and other costs from its parent, totalling £1,440,699 (2024: £1,275,485). At the year end an amount of £1,818,906 (2024: 1,432,955) was owed by Skills and Education Group to Skills and Education Group Awards, as a result of cash advances to the parent charity net of the recharged costs.” — page 34

“Skills and Education Group Access, a subsidiary of the parent company Skills and Education Group, recharged costs of £14,176 (2024: £Nil) to Skills and Education Awards. Skills and Education Group Awards recharged costs to Skills and Education Group Access, toalling £Nil (2024: £102.129). At the year end a balance of £85,885 was owed by Skills and Education Group Access (2024: £100,061).” — page 34

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: BIIAB Qualifications Limited

“BIIAB Qualifications Limited, a company limited by shares Company Number 10054831”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Emma Beal — Chief Executive (source)
Kaye Jackson — Director of Business Growth and Engagement (source)
Elin Longley — Director of HR & Governance (source)
Solman Nouman — Director of Finance & Operations (source)
Verity Swan — Director Quality, Assessment & Regulation (source)

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

£3.0m

Total spending

£2.6m

Reserves (reported)

£2.1m

Employees

0

Reported reserves equal ~9.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Blackman · trustee of 5 other charities
Daphne Saxelby
Jeremy Scorer
Mark Russell Holden
Stewart Michael Segal

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£3.0m	£2.6m
31/08/2024	£2.9m	£2.8m
31/08/2023	£2.0m	£2.1m
31/08/2022	£1.9m	£1.9m
31/08/2021	£1.9m	£1.6m

Common questions

Is SKILLS AND EDUCATION GROUP AWARDS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £448,749 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £3,038,574 against expenditure of £2,589,825. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,134,217, which the trustees confirm is in line with their stated reserves policy. The trustees and auditors both confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OPEN AWARDS.

OPEN AWARDS income £2.7m
Skills and Education Group Access income £749k
Skills and Education Group income £6.9m
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.1m
LEAGUE FOOTBALL EDUCATION income £12.7m
GATEWAY QUALIFICATIONS LIMITED income £6.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SKILLS AND EDUCATION GROUP AWARDS LIMITED	£3.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
OPEN AWARDS FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Skills and Education Group Access FY2025	£749k	—	0	below	—	noted
Skills and Education Group FY2025	£6.9m	£150,001 - £160,000	—	below	—	noted
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LEAGUE FOOTBALL EDUCATION FY2025	£12.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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