West Yorkshire Manufacturing Services Limited

Registered charity 507573 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as K I T S, KIRKDALE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED, KIRKLEES TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

In accordance with its objectives formulated in the previous year, in the year ended 31 March 2023, the Trustees cemented the relationship between the Charity and Calderdale College with the grant of a 6 year lease on commercial terms. Throughout the year Charity's workshops, capital equipment and facilities were consistently used for the training of apprentices involved in manufacturing.

Objects

A1) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR AND UNDERTAKE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRAINING. A2) TO GENERALLY SUPERVISE AND FURTHER THE INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION OF MODERN APPRENTICESHIP TRAINEES AND PERSONS SEEKING RE-TRAINING AND UPSKILLING

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £7,939 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £594,944 against expenditure of £587,005. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £2,687,902 are held in line with the charity's reserves policy, which is regularly reviewed to ensure financial stability.

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 3 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~54.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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

• ANDREW MARK DENFORDchair
• Adam Bruce Swallow · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adam Robert Cockroft
• Alastair Richard Morris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham James Short
• Helen Louise Thornber
• Jonathan Wright
• Nigel Mark Bibby
• Professor Andrew Peter Longstaff
• Sylvia Augusta Giangolini

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

Operates in: Calderdale · Kirklees

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