Skills and Education Group

Analysis

Skills and Education Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aspley. It was registered in September 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02640936). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Skills and Education Group reported income of £6.9m and spending of £7.6m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4.1m to £6.9m (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Skills and Education Group sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (Iwpr) (£6.9m), The Manor Preparatory School Trust (£6.9m) and Institute for Government (£6.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56% and trading 43%. Charitable activities took 59% of spending and raising funds 41%. Reserves of £818k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 147 people.