Registered charity · Leeds
Skills for Care LTD
- 9 trustees
- Income £26m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- John Joseph CoughlanChair · since 2022
- Beverley Felicia TarkaTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Mark Lawrence WardTrustee · since 2019
- Gillian DayTrustee · since 2022
- James Alexander BullionTrustee · since 2022
- Naser Ulmulk Irteza TurabiTrustee · since 2022
- Penelope Jane MachinTrustee · since 2022
- Peter John ChambersTrustee · since 2024
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- Suzie BaileyTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.skillsforcare.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Skills for Care LTD
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£26m£30m
- 2024£42m£42m
- 2023£35m£35m
Earlier years
- 2022£39m£38m
- 2021£36m£35m
Charitable objects
TO HELP, SUPPORT AND ASSIST CARE SERVICE USERS AND TO IMPROVE STANDARDS OF SOCIAL CARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY BUT NOT LIMITED TO:I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE ORGANISATION, PROMOTION OR PROVISION OF TRAINING TO PEOPLE (EMPLOYED OR VOLUNTEERS) ENGAGED OR TO BE ENGAGED IN WORKING WITH SOCIAL CARE USERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.II) TO GIVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE WORKFORCE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF ALL ORGANISATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE SECTORIII) TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING AGENDAS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR TO ESTABLISH AND PROMOTE THE USE OF RELEVANT NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS.IV) JOINTLY, WITH SOME OR ALL OF CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY BODIES, OTHER SECTOR SKILLS COUNCILS AND ALL RELEVANT EMPLOYERS AND STAFF GROUPS TO WORK ON STRATEGIES AND PROJECTS REGARDING:A) THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATION AND OTHER REGULATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL, NATIONAL OR EUROPEAN POLICIES ON THE SECTOR'S WORKFORCE;B) THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP, RECRUITMENT AND SKILL SHORTAGES; ANDC) THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A WORKFORCE TRAINING STRATEGY LINKED TO THE NEEDS OF THE SECTOR AND BASED ON AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRESENT AND FUTURE COMPETENCE NEEDS IN THESE OBJECTS, "SOCIAL CARE USERS", ARE THOSE PEOPLE IN NEED OF CARE AND SUPPORT BECAUSE OF OLD AGE, YOUTH, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THE "SECTOR" MEANS COLLECTIVELY PEOPLE, ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS WORKING WITH SOCIAL CARE USERS.
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- John Joseph Coughlan Chair since 2022
- Beverley Felicia Tarka since 2024
- Dr Mark Lawrence Ward since 2019
- Gillian Day since 2022
- James Alexander Bullion since 2022
- Naser Ulmulk Irteza Turabi since 2022
- Penelope Jane Machin since 2022
- Peter John Chambers since 2024
- Suzie Bailey since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Mark Lawrence Ward since 2019
- Suzie Bailey since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- John Joseph Coughlan Chair since 2022
- Beverley Felicia Tarka since 2024
- Dr Mark Lawrence Ward since 2019
- Gillian Day since 2022
- James Alexander Bullion since 2022
- Naser Ulmulk Irteza Turabi since 2022
- Penelope Jane Machin since 2022
- Peter John Chambers since 2024
- Suzie Bailey since 2018
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.
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
17.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 10.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1079836
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27TH OCTOBER 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 26 NOVEMBER 2008 AND 17 NOVEMBER 2010. as amended on 24 Oct 2018 as amended on 14 Oct 2020 as amended on 12 Oct 2022 as amended on 27 Mar 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 03866683 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01132451716 · info@skillsforcare.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
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