TRAINING 2000 LIMITED

Registered charity 701770 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity delivers training to meet national skills strategies for employers and learners covering Apprenticeship programmes across a number of skill sectors (including engineering, automotive, construction, business administration and dental health) and Study Programmes (including a Military Preparation Programme) and other programmes designed to increase employability skills.

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Latest income
£6.4m
Latest spending
£6.7m
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned a net deficit of £163,766 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £1,547,001. Per the trustees' report, reserves held were equivalent to 92 days of revenue, which is within the stated policy target of at least 90 days. The charity relies on a parental guarantee from its parent entity, the University of Lancashire, to meet liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 90 days’ revenue (held: £1.5m)
“the trustees have determined that the Charity will maintain total reserves equivalent to at least 90 days’ revenue”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from parent entity
“A further donation from the latter of £1,200,000 (2024: £1,350,000) has provided financial security as we implement our sustainability strategy.”
“The Charity has obtained a parental guarantee from University of Lancashire to provide financial support for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Parental guarantee for going concern
“A further donation from the latter of £1,200,000 (2024: £1,350,000) has provided financial security as we implement our sustainability strategy.”
“The Charity has obtained a parental guarantee from University of Lancashire to provide financial support for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £127k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£6.4m
Total spending
£6.7m
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
132

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% 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: Blackburn With Darwen · Blackpool · Cumbria · Derbyshire · Lancashire · Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£6.4m£6.7m
31/07/2024£6.6m£6.8m
31/07/2023£6.9m£6.7m
31/07/2022£6.7m£7.0m
31/07/2021£6.7m£6.6m

Common questions

Is TRAINING 2000 LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity returned a net deficit of £163,766 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £1,547,001. Per the trustees' report, reserves held were equivalent to 92 days of revenue, which is within the stated policy target of at least 90 days. The charity relies on a parental guarantee from its parent entity, the University of Lancashire, to meet liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KPMG LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION1£371k
SMALLWOOD TRUST1£226k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OLDHAM ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TRAINING 2000 LIMITED£6.4m——within—no doubt
THE OLDHAM ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2024£374kUnder £60,0000above5500.0%no doubt
DERWENT TRAINING ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
PETA LIMITED FY2025£4.4m——unclear—no doubt
TYNE NORTH TRAINING LIMITED FY2025£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0002above—no doubt
WALTHAM FOREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TRAINING TRUST LIMITED FY2025£816k—0unclear—no doubt

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