Lancaster Training Services Limited

Analysis

Lancaster Training Services Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Morecambe. It was registered in May 1981, 45 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 01447612). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Lancaster Training Services Limited reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.3m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £924k to £1.5m (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lancaster Training Services Limited sits at the 95th 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 Crank Nursery Limited (£1.5m), Little Lives UK (£1.5m) and The Greater Share Foundation (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 2.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 21 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.