THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1153859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION, THE FOUNDATION, THE E T FOUNDATION

The Foundation was established by and for the education and training sector. Our vision is for all education and training to be of the highest quality and result in the greatest impact for learners, employers, communities and the economy. We are doing this by enhancing professionalism, getting behind staff in colleges and training providers, and supporting them to achieve their own objectives.

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC OVER THE AGE OF 14 YEARS, IN PARTICULAR BY:(1) DEFINING, DEVELOPING, SUPPORTING AND ENHANCING FURTHER EDUCATION GOVERNANCE, AND THE PROFESSIONALISM OF FURTHER EDUCATION PRACTITIONERS, LEADERS AND MANAGERS;(2) IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE AND OUTCOMES OF LEARNING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO, AND ENHANCEMENT OF PROFESSIONALISM IN, THE FURTHER EDUCATION WORKFORCE;(3) DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING A RECOGNISED, PROFESSIONAL AND UP TO DATE WORKFORCE THROUGH ACTING AS A CUSTODIAN OF AGREED STANDARDS FOR STAFF IN THE FURTHER EDUCATION SECTOR, AND ACTING AS A FURTHER EDUCATION STANDARD SETTING BODY FOR RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS IN RELATION TO TEACHING, LEARNING, ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORTING ROLES;(4) SUPPORTING AND ENABLING HIGH QUALITY, APPROPRIATE AND FOCUSSED CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE FURTHER EDUCATION SECTOR; AND(5) PROMOTING AND CHAMPIONING DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY ACROSS THE FURTHER EDUCATION SECTOR.

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £0.6m for the year, with total income of £20.4m against total expenditure of £21.0m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £8.9m, which is above the stated policy target of £5.3m, providing financial resilience. The trustees and auditors confirmed the charity can continue as a going concern with adequate cash resources and contractual agreements in place.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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
• 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

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08540597 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: ETF SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 09511877

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Dr Katerina Kolyva — CEO (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• STILWELL, Fiona Anne — director, appointed 01/06/2026on trustee list
• CAREY, Anthony — director, appointed 09/12/2024on trustee list
• EJAZ, Shazia — director, appointed 09/12/2024on trustee list
• MALCOMSON CBE, Mark — director, appointed 09/12/2024not on trustee list
• MCLOUGHLIN, CBE, Frank, Sir — director, appointed 01/01/2024not on trustee list
• ILOWSKI, Wojciech — director, appointed 03/05/2022on trustee list
• MCDONALD, Gerard Paul — director, appointed 11/11/2021on trustee list
• LEITH, Lynette — director, appointed 11/12/2020on trustee list
• SINGH, Palvinder — director, appointed 11/12/2020on trustee list
• MCCONNELL, Andrew — director, appointed 22/07/2019not on trustee list
• HOBSON, Gina, Dr — secretary, appointed 01/07/2024

Official officers record.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram (1,599 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sir Frank McLoughlin CBEchair
• Andrew McConnell OBE
• Anthony Carey · trustee of 4 other charities
• Fiona Anne Stilwell
• Gerard Paul McDonald
• Lynette Leith
• Mark Malcomson CBE · trustee of 3 other charities
• Palvinder Singh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shazia Ejaz
• Wojciech Ilowski

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.

• THE TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION income £33k
• EDUCATION SUPPORT PARTNERSHIP income £4.6m
• PRIME EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £558k
• EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION income £639k
• EDUCATION & EMPLOYERS TASKFORCE income £1.2m
• THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL-BASED TEACHER TRAINERS income £719k

Side by side with its peers

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