THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1143246 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SKILLS FOR HEALTH LIMITED · also registered in Scotland as SC045901 (OSCR)

Promoting and advancing workforce education, training and skills; Improving the design and implementation of workforce development practices and policies; Providing integrated learning, accreditation and digital solutions; Undertaking and assisting in the identification, design and recognition of continuing professional development for individuals and teams

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported a deficit of £1,818,431 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £9,691,851. The Trustees confirm that the Group is a going concern, with forecast cash reserves remaining between £4.5m and £6.0m over the next twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £1.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (59% 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: 54.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Natalie Campbellchair
• Daniel Langton
• Dr Rowena Hill
• Erika Bannerman
• JOHN ROGERS
• Jonathan Restell
• Keith Fraser · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lisa Winward
• Mr Arvind Krishen MALHOTRA
• Niamh Li-Ban McKenna

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORKING WELL TRUST.

• WORKING WELL TRUST income £2.6m
• TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE LIMITED income £3.3m
• TYDFIL TRAINING CONSORTIUM LIMITED income £2.2m
• WOMEN'S TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LIMITED income £1.4m
• THE TEAMWORK TRUST income £1.2m
• NATIONAL LEARNING AND WORK INSTITUTE income £5.1m

Side by side with its peers

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