SUNDERLAND ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 507714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of engineering training for apprentices and adults in the north eastern region of England.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £483,354 for the year ended 31 August 2025, representing a significant increase from the previous year. The trustees maintain unrestricted free reserves of £1,408,769, which they consider adequate to cover three months of expenditure and ensure the charity continues as a going concern. The independent auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties relating to the charity's 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 audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Ramsey
• David Bartell · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN SCURFIELD
• Keith Robson
• Michael James Hutchinson

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

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

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHAMPTON ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LTD.

• SOUTHAMPTON ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LTD income £3.1m
• NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.1m
• DERWENT TRAINING ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• THE OLDHAM ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £374k
• HUMBERSIDE ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £7.6m
• TYNE NORTH TRAINING LIMITED income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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