CABWI AWARDING BODY

Registered charity 1157706 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CABWI Awarding Body is a recognised awarding organisation, providing vocational qualifications for individuals who work in the water and wider utilities and construction industries.

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Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £174,300 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £2,434,478. The trustees report that actual reserves significantly exceed the stated policy target of six months' operating costs, with cash representing 86.9% of total funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' operating costs (held: £2.4m)

“The organisation has sufficient reserves to meet its reserves policy (to cover six months’ operating costs which are estimated to be £406,000).” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Expenditure incurred with Federation of Awarding Bodies, where CEO Paul Byrne is a Director.

“Paul Byrne is a Director of Federation of Awarding Bodies. During the year expenditure of £3,253 (2024: £1,368) was incurred with the Federation.” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BHP LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£1.8m

Reserves (reported)

£2.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~15.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

MICHAEL DOUGLAS BAKERchair
Jackie Scarfe
Lee Craige Horrocks
Margaret Anne Pedder · trustee of 2 other charities

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.0m	£1.8m
31/03/2024	£1.7m	£1.0m
31/03/2023	£1.6m	£1.0m
31/03/2022	£1.1m	£508k
31/03/2021	£587k	£422k

Common questions

Is CABWI AWARDING BODY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £174,300 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £2,434,478. The trustees report that actual reserves significantly exceed the stated policy target of six months' operating costs, with cash representing 86.9% of total funds. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BHP LLP.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION	1	£497k
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k
THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION	1	£18k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION income £5.4m
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTION OF BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEERS income £11.1m
WJEC CBAC LIMITED income £66.5m
CYMDEITHAS MUDIADAU GWIRFODDOL CEREDIGION / CEREDIGION ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS income £922k
C.A.B. CORNWALL income £1.8m
CLIMATE BONDS INITIATIVE income £9.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CABWI AWARDING BODY	£2.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION FY2025	£5.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTION OF BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEERS FY2025	£11.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WJEC CBAC LIMITED FY2025	£66.5m	£180,001 - £190,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CYMDEITHAS MUDIADAU GWIRFODDOL CEREDIGION / CEREDIGION ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS FY2025	£922k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
C.A.B. CORNWALL FY2025	£1.8m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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