Skills for Communities Ltd

Analysis

Skills for Communities Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05213346). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Skills for Communities Ltd reported income of £48k and spending of £51k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £34k to £48k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Skills for Communities Ltd sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include GC Foundation (£48k), York Rescue Boat (£48k) and New Stockwood Community Association (£48k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.