DONCASTER ROTHERHAM AND DISTRICT MOTOR TRADES

Registered charity 518473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as G T A

Provision of education and training to assist learners in progression towards or gaining vocational qualifications to prepare, assist or enable them to be employed or engaged in a career connected to the motor vehicle repair industry or road transport industry.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FURTHER AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT 1982 FOR PERSONS EMPLOYED OR INTENDING TO BE EMPLOYED IN ROAD TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES AS DEFINED BY THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (ROAD TRANSPORT BOARD) ORDER 1982 OR SUCH OTHER PERSONS EMPLOYED AND INTENDING TO BE EMPLOYED IN SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS MAY BENEFIT FROM THE TRAINING SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND GENERALLY SUPERVISE AND FURTHER THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING OF SUCH PERSONS.

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.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £22,773 for the year ended 31 July 2025, maintaining a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves totaling £1,206,493. The trustees report that these free reserves are held to cover operating costs, capital expenditure, and contingencies related to apprenticeship funding changes, noting that the level of reserves allows the charity to deal with unforeseen liabilities. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding 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 Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~38.6 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 (81% 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

• GEOFFREY MICHAEL THOMPSON FIMI C ENGchair
• Annette Scott
• GEOFFREY CHARLES HARMER
• PETER MATTHEW COGGON

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions