The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Cogent Skills Limited

Registered charity 1166082 Registered since 2016

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

3.1y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 13General Charitable Purposes 13Disability 1

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 12Other services 10Public administration 7

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£20.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

105 from 73 in 2020
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.

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

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Contact

Websitewww.cogentskills.com
Emailkarl.gorge@cogentskills.com
Phone01925515200
AddressFirst Floor, 720 Mandarin Court, WARRINGTON, Centre Park, Cheshire, WA1 1GG

Finances

£20,468,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£10,332,961£10,096,657
2021£11,477,000£11,076,000
2022£11,197,000£11,032,000
2023£13,287,000£13,023,000
2024£20,468,000£19,729,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF PERSONS EMPLOYED OR INTENDING TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE SCIENCE BASED INDUSTRIES COVERING INDUSTRIAL SCIENCES (INCLUDING PETROLEUM REFINING AND DISTRIBUTION, CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING, AND POLYMERS), LIFE SCIENCES (INCLUDING PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES) AND NUCLEAR (“THE INDUSTRY”)

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 DEC 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/03/2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 JUN 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 DEC 2016

Trustees (13)

13trustees
58median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Cogent Skills Limited · 09361100 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 18/12/2014

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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