Skills and Education Group Access

Registered charity 1088839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OCNWNY, OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK WEST AND NORTH YORKSHIRE, OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK YORKSHIRE & HUMBER REGION (OCNYHR), OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER REGION

Awarding Organisation recognised by Ofqual and the Quality Assurance Agency, offering accreditation services for credit based courses and qualifications.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION, LEARNING AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC IN THE YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER REGION AND ELSEWHERE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £165,090, reversing a previous deficit, with total income rising to £748,663. However, the charity remains in a net asset deficit position of £74,521, driven by a £600,000 defined benefit pension scheme liability. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by the parent group and a clear strategic plan to mitigate operational risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Gillian Scott · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Philip Martin Bloor

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SKILLS AND EDUCATION GROUP AWARDS LIMITED.

• SKILLS AND EDUCATION GROUP AWARDS LIMITED income £3.0m
• Skills and Education Group income £6.9m
• AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group income £4.2m
• GATEWAY QUALIFICATIONS LIMITED income £6.2m
• AGORED CYMRU income £2.8m
• THE ACCESS PROJECT income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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