TYNE NORTH TRAINING LIMITED

Registered charity 502259 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity exists to support the long term development of young people, adults and companies through the delivery of training related activities that adds maximum value to individuals and the local engineering manufacturing sector, through training to become an apprentice

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.5m

Latest spending

£1.5m

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £16,936 on unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 July 2025, following a deficit in the prior year. The trustees report that free reserves of £716,915 represent approximately six months of running costs, providing a strong financial base to support operations and mitigate risks associated with government funding continuity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £60,001 - £70,000” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 No. In the band £60,001 - £70,000 2” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Department for Education (95% of income)

“Department for Education 1,396,488”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UNW LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £360,001 - £370,000 (FY2024) to £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2025).
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 2 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mark Errington — Director (source)

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income

£8k

Total spending

£1.5m

Cost of raising funds

£3k

Reserves (reported)

£1.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 45.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

COLIN PRATT
Catherine Thomson
Christopher Ford
David Kerr
Graeme Longstaff
Janet Walker
Lesley Wyard
STANLEY ARMSTRONG
THOMAS IAN SELKIRK

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£1.5m	£1.5m
31/07/2024	£1.7m	£1.7m
31/07/2023	£1.7m	£2.1m
31/07/2022	£1.7m	£1.6m
31/07/2021	£1.3m	£1.4m

Common questions

Is TYNE NORTH TRAINING LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £16,936 on unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 July 2025, following a deficit in the prior year. The trustees report that free reserves of £716,915 represent approximately six months of running costs, providing a strong financial base to support operations and mitigate risks associated with government funding continuity. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UNW LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of TYNE NORTH TRAINING LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TYDFIL TRAINING CONSORTIUM LIMITED.

TYDFIL TRAINING CONSORTIUM LIMITED income £2.2m
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.1m
NORTH HUMBERSIDE MOTOR TRADES GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION income £703k
SOUTHAMPTON ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LTD income £3.1m
THE STOCKPORT ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION income £512k
TRAINING 2000 LIMITED income £6.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TYNE NORTH TRAINING LIMITED	£1.5m	£60,001 - £70,000	2	above	—	no doubt
TYDFIL TRAINING CONSORTIUM LIMITED FY2025	£2.2m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH HUMBERSIDE MOTOR TRADES GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION FY2025	£703k	—	2	below	—	no doubt
SOUTHAMPTON ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LTD FY2025	£3.1m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE STOCKPORT ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION FY2025	£512k	—	0	below	—	noted

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