EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Registered charity 1118721 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

??? Supplemantary school??? Provision of positive activities to the youth;??? luncheon club for the elderly refugees;??? Guidance, mentoring services to young people and their families??? Promotion and integration of refugee families into mainstream services and schools;??? Information, advice and resource centre for matters relating to Somali language and history

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Latest income
£496k
Latest spending
£467k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £28,264 and held total unrestricted reserves of £91,021 as of 30 November 2025. The trustees have set a reserve policy target of approximately six months of operational expenditure, which the current unrestricted reserves do not explicitly meet given the stated operational expenditure levels. The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no matters coming to the examiner's attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 6 months of operational expenditure (held: £91k)
The Trustees have set a target of £ unrestricted reserve which equals to approximately 6 months of operational expenditure.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2024)

Total income
£542k
Total spending
£457k
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reserves (reported)
£72k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brent · Ealing · Hounslow · Somalia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£496k£467k
30/11/2024£542k£457k
30/11/2023£463k£358k
30/11/2022£322k£305k
30/11/2021£282k£218k

Common questions

Is EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income of £28,264 and held total unrestricted reserves of £91,021 as of 30 November 2025. The trustees have set a reserve policy target of approximately six months of operational expenditure, which the current unrestricted reserves do not explicitly meet given the stated operational expenditure levels. The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no matters coming to the examiner's attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUP as a grant recipient include JOHN LYON'S CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£5kthe Inclusive Holistic Summer Programme

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Greater London Authority (GLA)02/11/2023£27kCost of living coffee morning and lunch club
The National Lottery Community Fund27/01/2023£196kReducing exclusions:Tech incubator+mentoring+counselling to YP and families
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2022£10kESDEG Refugee Elderly Luncheon Club
Sport England20/05/2022£9kJubilee Fund - Inclusive Yoga/Zumba for Women and Girls
Greater London Authority17/03/2021£30kYoga/Zumba inclusive sessions for inactive BAMER women with mental health support+healthy cooking lessons+ NHS apps
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2021£10kSupporting refugee & BME Children and families with SEND and learning disability
UK government30/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2019£135kMentoring for Secondary School Refugee Children
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2019£10kHelping Refugee Elders escape isolation

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUP£496kunclearno doubt
REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£199k0unclearno doubt
FUTURE SKILLS TRAINING FY2025£234k0aboveno doubt
REACHING THE UNREACHED FY2025£773k0unclearno doubt
SOMALI YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025£646k0unclearno doubt
NOOR TRUST FY2025£490k0unclearno doubt

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