SIGTA LIMITED (SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION)

Registered charity 274344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Training and Development

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING OR PERSONS ENGAGED OR INTENDING TO BE ENGAGED IN THE ENGINEERING INDUSTRY AS DEFINED IN LEGISLATION ENACTED UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT 1964.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a trading loss of £59,919 for the year ended 31 August 2025, continuing a trend of reduced recruitment impacts from the pandemic, although the loss has decreased year-on-year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were a deficit of £41,214 after accounting for fixed assets, which is below the stated policy target of £400,000. The Board remains confident in the organization's operational continuity and future growth despite the financial deficit.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01180144 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• FOXWELL, Alison Jane — director, appointed 01/06/2021on trustee list
• JONES, Michael John — director, appointed 20/06/2017on trustee list
• POTTER, Denise Mary — director, appointed 20/06/2017on trustee list
• SCOTT, Phil — secretary, appointed 06/06/2023

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael John Joneschair
• Alison Jane Foxwell
• DENISE MARY POTTER

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · City Of London · East Sussex · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

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