THE EAST DURHAM EMPLOYABILITY TRUST

Registered charity 1153424 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE EMPLOYABILITY TRUST

The Employability Trust aims to maximise the potential of young people and add value to industry by responsively developing skills and attitudes to match local industry needs. Through contracts with local organisations we offer NEETs vital practical work experience and training to build confidence and enhance skills with the aim of securing sustainable employment.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS("OBJECTS")ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT,INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.4.2THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION,AND IN PARTICULAR IN EAST DURHAM,BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:4.2.A THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,TRAINING OR RETRAINING,PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE,AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;4.2.B THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE,BUILDINGS,AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;4.2.C THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE,TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:(I)IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS,OR(II)TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;4.2.D SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

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

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Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £67,638 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total income of £926,452. However, the filing discloses that unrestricted funds are in a deficit of £53,234, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining three to six months' expenditure. The trustees note they are actively seeking new sources of funding to address this shortfall.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/01/2025 (received 02/12/2025, 2 days after the 30/11/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sally Waterstonchair
• Denis Ford
• MERYL LEVINGTON

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• EMPLOYABILITYUK income £58k
• NORTH EAST DIVERSITY EDUCATION AND SOLIDARITY income £183k
• EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD income £1.7m
• EAST KENT EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP LTD income £338
• EAST END DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED income £41k
• NORTHERN LEARNING TRUST income £890k

Side by side with its peers

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