Registered charity · West Midlands
Skills Work and Enterprise Development Agency LTD
- 4 trustees
- Income £588k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Wolverhampton
- Website
- www.sweda.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Skills Work and Enterprise Development Agency LTD
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£588k£447k
- 2024£451k£333k
- 2023£353k£293k
Earlier years
- 2022£322k£295k
- 2021£432k£312k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 78%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TOTHE FOLLOWING:THE CHARITY PROVIDES SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS THROUGH: THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF FREE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO, THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE. (B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, THIS MAY BE BY PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE: (D) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE / SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS / SOCIAL ENTERPRISE, OR TO EXISTING BUSINESSES / SOCIAL ENTERPRISES. THIS MAY BE DIRECTLY THROUGH SWEDA OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH EXISTING BUSINESSES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OFFERING PROGRESSION / VOLUNTEERING ROUTES FOR THE INDIVIDUALS SUPPORTED. (E) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS(F) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.
Grants received
8 grants · £520,918 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £426,628 (5 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £60,497
- People's Health Trust · £30,673
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £3,120
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Matthew Inniss Chair since 2019
- Emaan Syed since 2019
- Icyline O'Conner since 1998
- Permjeet Panesar since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Matthew Inniss Chair since 2019
- Emaan Syed since 2019
- Icyline O'Conner since 1998
- Permjeet Panesar since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Emaan Syed since 2019
- Icyline O'Conner since 1998
- Permjeet Panesar since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Matthew Inniss Chair since 2019
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
13.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1158859
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/09/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/11/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26/09/2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 22/09/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 02419631 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01215252558
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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