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Registered charity · Loughborough

General Federation of Trade Unions Educational Trust

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £409k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Margaret Bennett.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.gftuet.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1971

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£409k£505k
  • 2023£325k£576k
  • 2022£2.0m£2.0m
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.7m£1.6m
  • 2020£1.5m£1.5m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ALL OR SOME,ONE OR MORE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT OF THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS NAMELY ECONOMIC HISTORY AND THEORY,INDUSTRIAL LAW AND THE HISTORY AND PRINCIPLES OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

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.

10 trustees on the board

7.7y median 8.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

5
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 10Economic/community Development/employment 9Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Other services 4Education 2Hospitality 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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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£409k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
313439
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 29TH OCTOBER 1970
Contact on the register
01509410859 · finance@gftu.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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