Skills for People

Analysis

Skills for People is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in June 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03487635). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Skills for People reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £690k to £1.4m (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Skills for People sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People (£1.4m), London Ability (£1.4m) and YMCA Wellington and District (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, investments 3.7% and donations and legacies 2.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £528k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 56 people.