Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Very static board: -5
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

SKILLS ENTERPRISE LIMITED 

1. To provide employment oriented training and support 2.To help community organisations by providing ICT training,marketing services and also identifying their needs to reach community.3. Deliver activities to improve health,well being and quality of life of people.4.To deliver advocacy,information and guidance sessions for the public in need
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 17 years

www.skillsenterprise.co.uk

support@skillsenterprise.co.uk

02084709838

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£178£170£8n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/22£141£138£3n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/21£276£196£80n/an/an/an/an/a29
31/03/20£103£86£17n/an/an/an/an/a29
31/03/19£73£63£10n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/03/18£41£45£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£47£56£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£87£63£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£43£43£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£37£16£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£23£24£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11?*£9£6£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/10£8£6£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/09£8£6£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/08£4£1£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 24 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£99,320
Trust for London£86,665
DCMS£61,496
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Power to Change£29,453
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,762
Greater London Authority£4,977
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) - Open Philanthropy Fund B
£10,000 14/02/2023
Unrestricted funding to tackle financial hardship
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Skills Enterprise
£99,320 16/01/2023
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£99,320 over three years (£30,340; £34,050; £34,930) for a 17.5 hours p/w Project Co-ordinator, a Digital Champion, 5 tablets and related project overheads.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Skills Enterprise
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Trust for London - Skills Enterprise
£6,665 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-05.10.2021-9334
Trust for London - Skills Enterprise
£80,000 09/02/2022
The funding is for a dedicated part time (14 hours) welfare advice worker and a specialist debt advice service aimed at strengthening the financial resilience through an holistic approach to users' ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Skills Enterprise
£50,000 03/12/2020
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Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Skills Enterprise, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to ....more
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£14,469 03/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,980 07/10/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Skills Enterprise
£29,453 17/09/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Skills Enterprise
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£44,047 25/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Inclusive Community Project
£9,762 23/01/2020
12
The group will use the funding to deliver digital inclusion workshops for people who are facing financial deprivation and difficulties in finding employment. This will improve employable skills and ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to 'Skills Enterprise'
£4,977 10/12/2019
European Outreach Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Employment support project
£9,360 25/05/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver IT training and employment support for people including those who are experiencing the effects of homelessness. The project aims to provide the skills required to ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Skills Enterprise
£5,000 28/03/2013
rent and volunteer expenses - the grant covers two years costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 52-83
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/07/2007, number: 1120254
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/11/2006, number: 05988709
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR11: 231 days late,
Main office

Skills Enterprise, Whitely Room
Aston-Mansfield Community Centre
1 Toronto Avenue
LONDON
E12 5JF

Objectives

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS)ARE 3.1 THESE ARE OUR OBJECTS1. TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL LONDON BOROUGHS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM WIDE BY:A. PROVIDING TRAINING (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN ICT AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES), CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ON SUBJECTS RELEVANT TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR;B. IDENTIFYING NEEDS IN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND ESTABLISHING PROJECTS OR POLICIES TO ADDRESS THEM;C. ESTABLISHING NETWORKS;D. DEVELOPING THEIR WEB SITES TO PROMOTE THEIR SERVICES;E. HELPING THEM TO FORM A DATA BASE STRUCTURE FOR EFFICIENT SERVICE DELIVERY; AND F. HARNESSING THE MARKETING AND PRINT POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT THE ORGANISATIONS COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS.THE 'VOLUNTARY SECTOR' MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS. * CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.* VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.2. TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE ELDERLY BY PROVIDING ICT TRAINING AND INTERNET AWARENESS PROGRAMMES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN ALL LONDON BOROUGHS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM WIDE. IN PRACTICE: NATIONAL.

Data Sources

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