SKILLS ENTERPRISE LIMITED
1. To provide employment oriented training and support 2.To help community organisations by providing ICT training,marketing services and also identifying their needs to reach community.3. Deliver activities to improve health,well being and quality of life of people.4.To deliver advocacy,information and guidance sessions for the public in need
Objects
3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS")ARE 3.1 THESE ARE OUR OBJECTS1. TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL LONDON BOROUGHS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM WIDE BY:A. PROVIDING TRAINING (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN ICT AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES), CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ON SUBJECTS RELEVANT TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR;B. IDENTIFYING NEEDS IN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND ESTABLISHING PROJECTS OR POLICIES TO ADDRESS THEM;C. ESTABLISHING NETWORKS;D. DEVELOPING THEIR WEB SITES TO PROMOTE THEIR SERVICES;E. HELPING THEM TO FORM A DATA BASE STRUCTURE FOR EFFICIENT SERVICE DELIVERY; AND F. HARNESSING THE MARKETING AND PRINT POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT THE ORGANISATIONS COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS.THE 'VOLUNTARY SECTOR' MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS. * CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.* VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.2. TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE ELDERLY BY PROVIDING ICT TRAINING AND INTERNET AWARENESS PROGRAMMES.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £118,298, which the Trustees confirm is in line with their stated policy target of covering 4-6 months of expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £31,476 for the year, with total incoming resources of £280,564 against total resources expended of £249,088.
What the accounts disclose
“Skills Enterprise reserves policy has a target for free reserves to cover between 4-6 months of expenditure. Based on 2025/26 that figure is in the range £87,500 to £131,250.” — page 23
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 41
- Government income: £29,730 — contracts £20,987 (1), grants £8,743 (2); 11% of the £280,564 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 24
- Government income: £17,474 — grants £17,474 (3); 6% of the £291,554 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 24
- Government income: £16,850 — grants £16,850 (1); 9% of the £178,028 total gross income on the same return
Trustees
- Joseph Anthony Marrichair
- Balu Rajendran
- GLADIUS DAVID KULOTHUNGAN
- MUHAMMED SHAKIR ABDEEN
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £281k | £249k |
| 31/03/2024 | £292k | £221k |
| 31/03/2023 | £178k | £170k |
| 31/03/2022 | £141k | £138k |
| 31/03/2021 | £276k | £196k |
Common questions
Is SKILLS ENTERPRISE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £118,298, which the Trustees confirm is in line with their stated policy target of covering 4-6 months of expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £31,476 for the year, with total incoming resources of £280,564 against total resources expended of £249,088. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SKILLS ENTERPRISE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SKILLS ENTERPRISE LIMITED as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, SMALLWOOD TRUST, EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRUST FOR LONDON | FY2022 | £80k | Connected communities |
| SMALLWOOD TRUST | FY2025 | £30k | |
| EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | FY2026 | £21k | Tackling pensioner poverty |
| EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £20k | Tackling pensioner poverty |
| ROYAL DOCKS TRUST (LONDON) | FY2023 | Unverified read£11k | Digital Learning |
| EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £10k | Financial literacy project |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 21/11/2024 | £20k | Welcome All – (inclusion of Refugees & Asylum Seekers) |
| Greater London Authority | 19/09/2024 | £35k | Skills Enterprise |
| City Bridge Foundation | 16/01/2023 | £99k | Grant to Skills Enterprise |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/01/2020 | £10k | Digital Inclusive Community Project |
| Greater London Authority | 10/12/2019 | £5k | Grant to 'Skills Enterprise' |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 25/05/2018 | £9k | Employment support project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/02/2015 | £10k | Outdoors and Online Learning Project |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION | 1 | £10k |
| Helping Herts | 1 | £9k |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHORLEYWOOD | 1 | £8k |
| THE ARCHER TRUST | 1 | £7k |
| SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST | 1 | £6k |
| THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION | 1 | £6k |
| THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION | 1 | £5k |
| CLARA E BURGESS CHARITY | 1 | £5k |
Charities like this
- SKILLS FOR PEOPLE
- SKILLS AND EDUCATION GROUP AWARDS LIMITED
- SKILLS FOR COMMUNITIES LTD
- OKEHAMPTON SKILLS AND SPORTS TRUST
- THE TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
- FUTURE SKILLS TRAINING
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKILLS ENTERPRISE LIMITED | £281k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| SKILLS FOR PEOPLE | £1.4m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SKILLS AND EDUCATION GROUP AWARDS LIMITED | £3.0m | — | — | above | — | no doubt |
| SKILLS FOR COMMUNITIES LTD | £48k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| OKEHAMPTON SKILLS AND SPORTS TRUST | £330k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | £33k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |