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Registered charity · Merseyside

The Foundation Years Trust

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £195k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Wirral
Website
www.foundationyearstrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Foundation Years Trust
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£195k£198k
  • 2024£195k£200k
  • 2023£317k£338k
Earlier years
  • 2022£356k£349k
  • 2021£295k£256k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 39%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE ?OBJECTS?) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:- 3.1.1. TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE; 3.1.2. TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND ALL NECESSARY SUPPORT INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; 3.1.3 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Grants received

19 grants · £970,632 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

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.

5 trustees on the board

6y median 7y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
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 5

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

Health and social care 5Education 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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£195k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1149609
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 AUG 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17 MAR 2017 as amended on 02 May 2024
Companies House
Company number 08194371 · Active
Contact on the register
01516474830 · info@foundationyearstrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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