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Citb

Citb is a registered charity (number 264289) based in Cambridgeshire, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Peter Lauener since 2018. Latest income £280m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as C I T B, Constructionskills (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £280m (2025)

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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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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • YPO - 001086 Apprenticeships Buyer: Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Value not published Date not published CPV 80000000 Source: Find a Tender

    Framework Agreement for the provision of Apprenticeship Standards and Associated Training. The Framework is designed to meet the needs of all public sector organisations which includes YPO's internal requirements. YPO may seek to introduce …

    Framework

About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.citb.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£280m£299m
  • 2024£258m£268m
  • 2023£204m£196m
Earlier years
  • 2022£149m£175m
  • 2021£254m£188m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING BETTER PROVISION FOR THE TRAINING OF PERSONS OVER COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE (IN SCOTLAND SCHOOL AGE) FOR EMPLOYMENT IN ANY ACTIVITIES OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

Grants received

1 grant · £139,988 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

  • Department for Work and Pensions · £139,988

Most recent

  • Department for Work and Pensions £139,9882022-04-01
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.

11 trustees on the board

4.3y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

4
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 11General Charitable Purposes 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.

Dormant 12Property 12Construction 10

Gaps to watch

  • 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£280.2m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 7.7 in 2021

861 from 764 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
264289
Status
Registered
Governing document
STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO. 1079 OF 1964 (AS AMENDED BY STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO. 1274 OF 1980, NO. 922 OF 1982, NO 3048 OF 1992 AND FURTHER BY STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO.286 OF 2003) AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT 1982
Contact on the register
0300 4567492 · board.secretary@citb.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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