Registered charity · Newton Aycliffe
The Vocational Learning Trust
The Vocational Learning Trust is a registered charity (number 1112944) based in Newton Aycliffe, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Jane Ritchie MBE. Latest income £118k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Volt (Charity Commission)
- 7 trustees
- Income £118k (2025)
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Who leads it
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
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Sunderland and more
- Website
- www.twpa.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Vocational Learning Trust
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£118k£90k
- 2024£107k£89k
- 2023£111k£95k
Earlier years
- 2022£110k£103k
- 2021£113k£114k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Jane Ritchie MBE Chair
- Andrew Gilmore since 2007
- Lisa Ingleby since 2023
- Margaret Rose Elliott since 2021
- Marjorie Ann Mcdonnell since 2019
- Michael Bernard Mcgarry since 2018
- Richard Learmouth since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Gilmore since 2007
- Marjorie Ann Mcdonnell since 2019
- Michael Bernard Mcgarry since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Jane Ritchie MBE Chair
- Andrew Gilmore since 2007
- Lisa Ingleby since 2023
- Margaret Rose Elliott since 2021
- Marjorie Ann Mcdonnell since 2019
- Richard Learmouth since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Michael Bernard Mcgarry 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1112944
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 JULY 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 29 APRIL 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 05513035 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01325375900 · info@twpa.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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