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NORTH WEST TRAINING COUNCIL

Registered charity 526139 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MERSEYSIDE TRAINING COUNCIL

PROMOTE, ADVANCE AND ENCOURAGE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND AND NORTH WALES.WITH EMPHASIS ON THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG LEARNERS IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF APPRENTICESHIPS IN THE ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS.

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Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£3.4m
Registered
1970
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £594,398 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £2,676,599 to £2,048,201. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves fell to £111,169, which is below the stated policy target of three months of trading. The trustees maintain that the charity can continue in operational existence, citing a positive cash position forecast and strong demand for its training services.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee had employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2024: 1). £80,001 - £90,000 1” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee had employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2024: 1).” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months trading (held: £111k)
“intention of building a reserve fund to a level which would support at least three months trading.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: NWTC Commercial Services Limited, Merseyside Training Council Limited, Cosy Homes Limited
“The Council has three subsidiary companies. These are: NWTC Commercial Services Limited Merseyside Training Council Limited (dormant) Cosy Homes Limited (dormant)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Wbg (Audit) Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

NWTC COMMERCIAL SERVICES LTD. — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Profit before tax: £-60k
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings: £304,773
MERSEYSIDE TRAINING COUNCIL LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The company's total shareholder funds are £2, representing the issued share capital of 2 Ordinary Shares of £1 each.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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 31/07/2025)

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£3.4m
Reserves (reported)
£111k
Employees
39

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£2.8m£3.4m
31/07/2024£3.1m£3.2m
31/07/2023£3.3m£3.4m
31/07/2022£2.6m£3.1m
31/07/2021£2.6m£3.2m

Common questions

Is NORTH WEST TRAINING COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £594,398 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £2,676,599 to £2,048,201. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves fell to £111,169, which is below the stated policy target of three months of trading. The trustees maintain that the charity can continue in operational existence, citing a positive cash position forecast and strong demand for its training services. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Wbg (Audit) Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of NORTH WEST TRAINING COUNCIL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH WEST YOUNG PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH WEST TRAINING COUNCIL£2.8m£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
NORTH WEST YOUNG PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt
WALTHAM FOREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TRAINING TRUST LIMITED FY2025£816k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH HUMBERSIDE MOTOR TRADES GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION FY2025£703k—2below—no doubt
THE OLDHAM ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2024£374kUnder £60,0000above5500.0%no doubt
WEST BERKSHIRE TRAINING CONSORTIUM FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt

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