S W DURHAM TRAINING LIMITED

Registered charity 518211 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S W DURHAM ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Work based learning provider, funded through Skills Funding Agency and Education Funding Agency for the delivery of engineering, business admin & customer service apprenticeship for individuals 16+. Work with employers to deliver training prgrammes to support their workforce development. Work with schools to deliver GCSE's Btec diplomas & certificates in engineering to support the 14-19 agenda.

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Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £121,394 for the year ended 31 July 2025, following a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £874,605, which is above the stated policy target of £500,000, and the trustees forecast a return to surplus in the following year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of cash expenditure, excluding Group recharges; £500k (held: £875k)

“In order to be prepared for these eventualities target reserves equating to 6 months of cash expenditure, excluding Group recharges, are deemed appropriate; £500k.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charitable company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions group entities.

“The charitable company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions group entities.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Armstrong Watson. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00918178

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.

HOPE, Shaun — director, appointed 05/02/2024not on trustee list
BELL, David, Dr — director, appointed 25/04/2022on trustee list
TAYLOR, Robert Forsyth — director, appointed 07/02/2022on trustee list
IVORY, Keith David — director, appointed 04/01/2022on trustee list
ROBSON, James Alexander — director, appointed 01/03/2021on trustee list
HEIGHTON, Lynn — secretary, appointed 15/02/2021

Official officers record.

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.

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

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£3.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~25.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr David Bell
James Alexander Robson
Keith Ivory
Mark Henderson
Robert 'Bobby' Taylor

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£1.3m	£1.4m
31/07/2024	£1.6m	£1.4m
31/07/2023	£1.2m	£1.2m
31/07/2022	£1.2m	£1.3m
31/07/2021	£1.4m	£1.4m

Common questions

Is S W DURHAM TRAINING LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £121,394 for the year ended 31 July 2025, following a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £874,605, which is above the stated policy target of £500,000, and the trustees forecast a return to surplus in the following year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Armstrong Watson.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRAINING 2000 LIMITED.

TRAINING 2000 LIMITED income £6.4m
DERWENT TRAINING ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
SUNDERLAND ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £2.7m
TYNE NORTH TRAINING LIMITED income £1.5m
WALTHAM FOREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TRAINING TRUST LIMITED income £816k
NORTH WEST TRAINING COUNCIL income £2.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
S W DURHAM TRAINING LIMITED	£1.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TRAINING 2000 LIMITED FY2025	£6.4m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
DERWENT TRAINING ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUNDERLAND ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TYNE NORTH TRAINING LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	£60,001 - £70,000	2	above	—	no doubt
WALTHAM FOREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TRAINING TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£816k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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