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WEST BERKSHIRE TRAINING CONSORTIUM

Registered charity 298851 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as W B T C

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £16,433 for the year ended 31 July 2023, a significant improvement from the £238,127 deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, cash balances improved with total reserves of £338,306 held in bank accounts, and the board considers the level of reserves sufficient to meet short-term responsibilities. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Controlling party relationship
“The membership of the charity was transferred on 1 August 2018 to Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT), a further education corporation and exempt charity with the principal purpose of providing education. BCoT exert control over the Charity by virtue of the right to appoint Directors under the governing document of the Charity.” — page 25
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Alliotts LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£589k
Reserves (reported)
£771k
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£1.4m£1.4m
31/07/2024£1.4m£1.3m
31/07/2023£1.5m£1.5m
31/07/2022£1.5m£1.7m
31/07/2021£2.0m£1.9m

Common questions

Is WEST BERKSHIRE TRAINING CONSORTIUM financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £16,433 for the year ended 31 July 2023, a significant improvement from the £238,127 deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, cash balances improved with total reserves of £338,306 held in bank accounts, and the board considers the level of reserves sufficient to meet short-term responsibilities. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Alliotts LLP.