West Berkshire Training Consortium

Analysis

West Berkshire Training Consortium is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in September 1989, 37 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 01760271). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, West Berkshire Training Consortium reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.4m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £1.4m (-31%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, West Berkshire Training Consortium 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 Women's Technology Training Limited (£1.4m), Citizens Advice Central Dorset Limited (£1.4m) and Beechwood Architecture Charity (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and charitable activities 9.4%. Charitable activities took 57% of spending and raising funds 43%. Reserves of £771k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.