Education and Skills Development Group

Analysis

Education and Skills Development Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southall. It was registered in April 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05635779). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Education and Skills Development Group reported income of £496k and spending of £467k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £282k to £496k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Education and Skills Development Group sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blaydon Youth and Community Centre CIO (£490k), Youth Commemoration Ground (£496k) and Hainault Forest Community Association (£490k).