Skills for Care Ltd

Analysis

Skills for Care Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03866683). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Skills for Care Ltd reported income of £26.1m and spending of £29.7m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £36.2m to £26.1m (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Skills for Care Ltd sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wilf Ward Family Trust (£25.8m), Worth Abbey (£27.1m) and Priors Court Foundation (£25.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and trading 6.3%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 3.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £10.9m. Reserves of £42.9m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 204 people.