North West Training Council

Analysis

North West Training Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in September 1970, 56 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 00760011). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, North West Training Council reported income of £2.8m and spending of £3.4m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £2.6m to £2.8m (+7.3%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, North West Training Council 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Care & Repair Cymru 2015 (£2.8m), The Millennium Trust (£2.8m) and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Limited (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and trading 6.7%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £111k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.

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.