GLOBAL SKILLS CENTRE

Registered charity 1170010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The key services we offer are:- Educational, vocational and employment training - Information Advice and Guidance (i.e. employment, welfare benefits etc)- Digital Inclusion, ICT, ESOL and Employability workshops- STEM Programme (robotics, coding, mobile phone apps design and software programming)- Supplementary and after school learning activities in Maths, English (KS2, KS3 & KS4)

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CENTRE ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE IN NEED BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL COURSES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£82k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £39,795 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £44,269. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, noting that they have concluded an alternative funding arrangement to support new activities. However, the trustees explicitly state they will not undertake new commitments until this new funding has been secured.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants and donations (56% of income)
“Grants and donations 36,580 45,000 81,580 25,087” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £24,287 — grants £24,287 (4); 97% of the £25,117 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £8,700 — grants £8,700 (1); 7% of the £119,219 total gross income on the same return

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 28/04/2023 (received 06/03/2024, 7 days after the 28/02/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brent · Camden · City Of London · City Of Westminster · Ealing · Hammersmith And Fulham · Harrow · Islington · Kensington And Chelsea · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/04/2025£82k£42k
28/04/2024£25k£74k
28/04/2023£119k£110k
28/04/2022£101k£120k
28/04/2021£149k£96k

Common questions

Is GLOBAL SKILLS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £39,795 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £44,269. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, noting that they have concluded an alternative funding arrangement to support new activities. However, the trustees explicitly state they will not undertake new commitments until this new funding has been secured. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GLOBAL SKILLS CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOBAL SKILLS CENTRE as a grant recipient include JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE).

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£95kcore costs
EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE)FY2024£5kSTEM Holiday Programme

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/08/2023£10kSkills Boost
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2019£180kCommunity Skills Hub

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SKILLS FOR COMMUNITIES LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOBAL SKILLS CENTRE£82k—0unclear—no doubt
SKILLS FOR COMMUNITIES LTD FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
SKILLS ENTERPRISE LIMITED FY2025£281k—0within—no doubt
GOLDEN CENTRE OF OPPORTUNITIES FY2026£59k—0unclear—no doubt
SKILLS FOR PEOPLE FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt

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