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Registered charity · Exeter

South West Grid for Learning Trust

2.1 The Charity's objects (Objects) are restricted specifically, for the public benefit to advance and promote: 2.1.1 the education of people, in particular, but not solely, those within the education sector; and 2.1.2 the health, including for the...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £2.3m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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, Scotland
Website
www.swgfl.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
South West Grid for Learning Trust
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.3m£2.2m
  • 2024£2.1m£2.2m
  • 2023£3.4m£3.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.6m£3.2m
  • 2021£4.3m£4.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2.1 The Charity's objects (Objects) are restricted specifically, for the public benefit to advance and promote: 2.1.1 the education of people, in particular, but not solely, those within the education sector; and 2.1.2 the health, including for the avoidance of doubt, mental and physical health and the avoidance of harm to either of persons, in both cases, in, or in connection with, the areas of electronic, online and cyber security and welfare, including safety and security of information and general usage, in such ways as the trustees see fit, and in all geographical locations. 2.2 Nothing in these articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of England, including in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Grants received

12 grants · £1,974,793 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Home Office £150,0002022-02-24
  • Home Office £225,0002022-02-24
  • Home Office £150,0002022-02-24
  • Home Office £400,0002021-12-10
  • Home Office £400,0002021-12-10
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.

11 trustees on the board

5.2y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

10
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 11

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 14Professional services 4Tech and media 3

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£2.3m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

12.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.8 in 2021

36 from 32 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1120354
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/12/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/01/2012 as amended on 13 Jan 2024 as amended on 10 Oct 2024
Companies House
Company number 05589479 · Active
Contact on the register
03456013203 · enquiries@swgfl.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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