Registered charity · London
Worldskills UK
- 14 trustees
- Income £8.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Marion Grace Plant OBEChair · since 2014
- Audrey Nelson DowningTrustee · since 2023
- Jatinder Sharma CBE, DLTrustee · since 2023
- Jennifer CouplandTrustee · since 2023
- Jonathan Peter VincentTrustee · since 2023
- Justin RixTrustee · since 2023
- Mark Jonathan FarrarTrustee · since 2023
- Mel HigginsTrustee · since 2023
- Michael JamesTrustee · since 2019
- Nichola Hay MBETrustee · since 2025
- Professor Sean James WellingtonTrustee · since 2023
- Rachel WilsonTrustee · since 2025
- Shane MannTrustee · since 2025
- Tanaka ChiimbaTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.worldskillsuk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Worldskills UK
- Registered
- 1991
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8.1m£8.4m
- 2024£8.0m£8.5m
- 2023£8.6m£8.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£8.8m£8.5m
- 2021£6.8m£6.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 82%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF ORGANISATIONS & INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM & TO RAISE THE STANDARDS OF SKILL & TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH PERSONS
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
14 trustees on the board
- Marion Grace Plant OBE Chair since 2014
- Audrey Nelson Downing since 2023
- Jatinder Sharma CBE, DL since 2023
- Jennifer Coupland since 2023
- Jonathan Peter Vincent since 2023
- Justin Rix since 2023
- Mark Jonathan Farrar since 2023
- Mel Higgins since 2023
- Michael James since 2019
- Nichola Hay MBE since 2025
- Professor Sean James Wellington since 2023
- Rachel Wilson since 2025
- Shane Mann since 2025
- Tanaka Chiimba since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Marion Grace Plant OBE Chair since 2014
- Michael James since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Marion Grace Plant OBE Chair since 2014
- Audrey Nelson Downing since 2023
- Jatinder Sharma CBE, DL since 2023
- Jennifer Coupland since 2023
- Jonathan Peter Vincent since 2023
- Justin Rix since 2023
- Mark Jonathan Farrar since 2023
- Mel Higgins since 2023
- Michael James since 2019
- Nichola Hay MBE since 2025
- Professor Sean James Wellington since 2023
- Shane Mann since 2025
- Tanaka Chiimba since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Rachel Wilson since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1001586
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/08/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/04/2005AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/04/2014 as amended on 14 Feb 2019 as amended on 14 Feb 2019 as amended on 12 Jul 2019 as amended on 23 Mar 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 02535199 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02037408200 · getintouch@worldskillsuk.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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