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Working MEN's College Corporation

Working MEN's College Corporation is a registered charity (number 312803) based in London, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Joanna Davidson since 2024. Latest income £7.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as WMC (Charity Commission)

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £7.6m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout London
Website
wmcollege.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.6m£7.8m
  • 2024£7.2m£7.3m
  • 2023£7.0m£7.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£6.1m£6.3m
  • 2021£5.6m£5.7m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 85% · Government grants 0%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PLACE A LIBERAL EDUCATION WITH THE REACH OF THE WORKING CLASSES BY CARRYING ON THE WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE AND SUCH OTHER SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS AS MAY BE THOUGHT ADVISABLE.

Grants received

1 grant · £2,000 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

Most recent

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.

14 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (2)

11
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 14Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 11Manufacturing 5Arts and leisure 2

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£7.6m 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.

17.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

219 from 179 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.
85%
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
312803
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4TH NOVEMBER 1874 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 14 AUGUST 1997, 19 OCTOBER 1999, 31 OCTOBER 2001, 14TH JULY 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 15 MARCH 2006 AND 7 JULY 2010 (ARTICLES ONLY)
Contact on the register
020 7255 4700 · info@wmcollege.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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