Wheels Vocational and Life Skills Centre

Analysis

Wheels Vocational and Life Skills Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brierley Hill. It was registered in July 2014, 12 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 06608327). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Wheels Vocational and Life Skills Centre reported income of £110k and spending of £324k, spending 294% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2024, income fell from £663k to £110k (-83%), an average of -45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Wheels Vocational and Life Skills Centre sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Airworld Aviation Museum (£110k), St Joseph's School Association (SJSA) (£110k) and Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (£110k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.