The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Ladder Apprenticeship Foundation

Registered charity 1145331 Registered since 2012

Operates: Birmingham City, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Shropshire, Coventry City

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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.

2 trustees on the board

9y median 9y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

21y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 2General Charitable Purposes 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2

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 4Business services 3Other services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£49k latest income

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.vineeducationtrust.co.uk
Emailkevin.davis@thevinetrust.co.uk
Phone01922621951
AddressTHE VINE TRUST, 33 LOWER HALL LANE, WALSALL, WS1 1RR

Finances

£49,120 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£26,600£41,331
2022£10,375£30,206
2023£8,200£19,488
2024£60£998
2025£49,120£48,942

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The objects of the Company are for the benefit of the public (“the Objects”):4.1. to advance the education and training of individuals up to the age of 25, particularly but not exclusively those who are socially or economically disadvantaged, in order to develop their vocational life skills focusing primarily on skills relevant to participation in employment;4.2. to prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship by providing or assisting in the provision of education and training and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals up to the age of 25 to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient;4.3. to relieve unemployment of enable individuals up to the age of 25 who are unable to obtain work by reason of their age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social economic circumstances in such ways and in such part of the United Kingdom as the directors see fit, including but not limited to providing assistance to find employment and assisting in the creation or provision of work experience, training and employment opportunities;4.4. to promote such other purposes recognised as charitable under the laws of England and Wales in such parts of the United Kingdom as the directors see fit.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/01/2011 as amended on 23 Jan 2020 as amended on 23 Jan 2020

Trustees (2)

2trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Ladder Apprenticeship Foundation · 07501756 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/01/2011

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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