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Registered charity · Kent

Skills for Independence and Employability LTD.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £6.0m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, Kent, Medway and more
Website
www.theoaks.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Skills for Independence and Employability Limited
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6.0m£5.2m
  • 2024£4.0m£3.1m
  • 2023£3.3m£2.6m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.4m£2.0m
  • 2021£2.0m£1.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 70% · Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 16-25 WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND DISABILITIES AND/OR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES LIVING IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Grants received

2 grants · £9,977 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

  • WCIT Charity · £5,211
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,766

Most recent

  • WCIT Charity £5,2112022-05-25
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,7662022-04-14
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.

7 trustees on the board

4.1y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 7Economic/community Development/employment 7Education/training 7

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 6Professional services 4Manufacturing 1

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£6.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

6.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 10.3 in 2021

74 from 38 in 2021
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.
77%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1187919
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 MAY 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 FEB 2020
Companies House
Company number 11901504 · Active
Contact on the register
01732207950 · office@theoaks.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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