DEVON & CORNWALL TRAINING PROVIDERS NETWORK LIMITED

Registered charity 1207403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DCTPN

The charity provides impartial advice, signposting & guidance around post-16 skills & training to the general public & other relevant external agencies such as DWP/ Job Centre Plus, care agencies, schools, colleges, business owners, employers, young people, their parents and carers & the wider community.The charity also provides practical support to those engaged in post-16 education/training.

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE IN DEVON AND CORNWALL ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT"), IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) BRINGING TOGETHER WORK-BASED LEARNING, VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING PROVIDERS TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE COLLABORATION IN SUPPORT OF WORK-BASED LEARNING AND VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(B) DEVELOPING QUALITY IN-WORK BASED AND WORK-RELATED LEARNING PROVISION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSISTENT APPROACHES AND THE SHARING OF GOOD PRACTICE IN THE DELIVERY OF TRAINING; (C) WORKING WITH KEY PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE WORK-BASED LEARNING, VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING PROVISION; (D) DEVELOPING AND PRODUCING MATERIALS AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE AND IMPARTIAL SIGNPOSTING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO POST-16 WORK-BASED LEARNING, VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING OPTIONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND(E) PROMOTING GREATER AWARENESS OF POST-16 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE CARE-EXPERIENCED AND/OR HAVE AN EDUCATION HEALTH CARE PLAN (EHCP) AND/OR THOSE WITH SEND - SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS & DISABILITIES.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £337,082, a level well above the trustees' stated policy target of £64,000, which is attributed to a large unspent donation. The charity reports a net income surplus of £229,254 and confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05581019

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.

• SANDERS, Lucinda Jane — director, appointed 09/02/2026on trustee list
• FANSHAWE, Paul — director, appointed 30/04/2025on trustee list
• TREWIN, Mark Thomas — director, appointed 30/04/2025on trustee list
• RENDLE, Hannah Marie — director, appointed 12/12/2024on trustee list
• SKEEL, Joanne Marie — director, appointed 17/11/2023on trustee list
• WOODGER, Maria — director, appointed 25/01/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARIA WOODGERchair
• Daniel Hallam
• GARETH JAMES KENWARD
• Hannah Rendle · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOANNE SKEEL
• Lucinda Jane Sanders
• Mark Trewin
• Paul Fanshawe

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Plymouth City · Torbay

Income and spending

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