DERWENT TRAINING ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 700763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTH YORKSHIRE TRAINING SERVICES

Delivery of Apprenticeship training in advanced engineering and other related training courses to young people and adults.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £34,325 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £969,423. The trustees report that the reserves policy is being met, noting that free reserves of £193,690 are sufficient to cover short-term working capital requirements. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Fortus Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Claire Gavaghan — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Vicki Parker — Chief Operating Officer (source)
• Richard Shaw — Chairman (source)
• Danny MacFarlane — Vice Chairman (source)
• Sarah Edwards — Director (source)
• Lucy Thompson — Director (source)
• Laura Cotter — Director (source)

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.

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 · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 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 (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Watson
• DANNY MACFARLANE
• Lucy Alison Thompson
• RICHARD ARMITAGE SHAW
• Sarah Edwards

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

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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