The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Vocational Learning Trust

Registered charity 1112944 Registered since 2006

Operates: Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham, Northumberland, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-tees, Darlington

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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.

7 trustees on the board

7.3y median 6y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7Economic/community Development/employment 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 6Business services 1Retail and trade 1

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£118k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.twpa.org.uk
Emailinfo@twpa.org.uk
Phone01325375900
AddressTHE WORK PLACE, HEIGHINGTON LANE, AYCLIFFE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 6AH

Finances

£117,755 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£113,371£113,737
2022£110,384£102,680
2023£111,333£95,294
2024£106,869£89,422
2025£117,755£89,867

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED SUBJECTS AND MATHS AND SCIENCE PRIMARILY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND AND YORKSHIRE TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE INTER RELATIONSHIPS OF THESE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORK PLACE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 JULY 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 29 APRIL 2009

Trustees (7)

7trustees
59median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Vocational Learning Trust · 05513035 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/07/2005

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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