Registered charity (CIO) · Birmingham
Flexible Learning Centre Foundation
Flexible Learning Centre Foundation is a registered charity (number 1169758) based in Birmingham, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Shamim Akhtar since 2016. Latest income £9k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as FLC (Charity Commission)
- 3 trustees
- Income £9k (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
- Where
- Birmingham City
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9k£11k
- 2024£9k£9k
- 2023£8k£10k
Earlier years
- 2022£0£5k
- 2021£17k£11k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A. THE PROVISION OF ACCREDITED TRAINING COURSES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, YOUNG OFFENDERS AND YOUTHS NOT IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT OR TRAINING (NEETS);B. TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR ADULTS WHO ARE NOT IN EDUCATION OR EMPLOYMENT AND WHO ARE RECEIVING SPECIFIC BENEFITS FROM THE STATE OR WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO AFFORD EDUCATION TO ADVANCE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STABILITY.2. THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF CHILDREN AGED 13-16 WHO RESIDE WITHIN 5 MILES OF BIRMINGHAM AND ARE EXCLUDED (OR AT RISK OF BEING EXCLUDED) FROM MAINSTREAM EDUCATION AND COME FROM ECONOMICALLY AND FINANCIALLY DEPRIVED BACKGROUNDS BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND PROGRAMMES OF ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES AND ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Shamim Akhtar Chair since 2016
- Arshad Mahmood since 2016
- Majid Raza since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Shamim Akhtar Chair since 2016
- Arshad Mahmood since 2016
- Majid Raza since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Shamim Akhtar Chair since 2016
- Arshad Mahmood since 2016
- Majid Raza since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1169758
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 18 Oct 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01212403718 · shamim@flexiblelearning.org.uk
- 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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