Registered charity · Bristol
The Workforce Development Trust Limited
To support the development and effective use of workforce skills to provide services for public benefit by, but not limited to: • Promoting and advancing workforce education, training and skills through the development of frameworks, capabilities,...
- 10 trustees
- Income £8.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Mr Arvind Krishen Malhotra.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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Public contracts won
1 contract · £124,800 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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Emergency Services Contact Handler Apprenticeships - End Point Assessments
End Point Assessments for approx. 130 x emergency services contact handler apprenticeships on behalf of West Yorkshire Police. This is a call-off contract from the YPO Apprenticeships and Associated Training Framework (Ref 1086).
About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.wdtrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Workforce Development Trust Limited
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8.6m£11m
- 2024£12m£10m
- 2023£10m£10m
Earlier years
- 2022£11m£11m
- 2021£9.4m£9.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
To support the development and effective use of workforce skills to provide services for public benefit by, but not limited to: • Promoting and advancing workforce education, training and skills through the development of frameworks, capabilities, competences, knowledge and qualifications• Improving the design and implementation of workforce development practices and policies through research, analysis and the provision of insights and expertise • Providing integrated learning, accreditation and digital solutions that increase the effectiveness of workforce skills development, deployment and management• Undertaking and assisting in the identification, design and recognition of continuing professional development for individuals and teams
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Natalie Campbell Chair since 2026
- Daniel Langton since 2019
- Dr Rowena Hill since 2020
- Erika Bannerman since 2020
- John Rogers
- Jonathan Restell since 2021
- Keith Fraser since 2020
- Lisa Winward since 2022
- Mr Arvind Krishen Malhotra since 2022
- Niamh Li-Ban Mckenna since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Daniel Langton since 2019
- Dr Rowena Hill since 2020
- Erika Bannerman since 2020
- Keith Fraser since 2020
- Niamh Li-Ban Mckenna since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Natalie Campbell Chair since 2026
- Daniel Langton since 2019
- Dr Rowena Hill since 2020
- Erika Bannerman since 2020
- John Rogers
- Jonathan Restell since 2021
- Lisa Winward since 2022
- Niamh Li-Ban Mckenna since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Keith Fraser since 2020
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
10.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 11.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1143246
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 AUG 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 JUL 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 JUN 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 JUN 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 JUN 2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20 APR 2017 as amended on 05 Mar 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 07333911 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 7391 7189 · jael.wheeler@wdtrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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