Winsor Skills Training Ltd
Charity 1185388
Overview
Summary
Winsor Skills Training Ltd appears to occupy a practical, inclusion-oriented training role: it combines English-language accessibility with subjects that can support safer work and everyday participation, including IT, first aid, food hygiene and workplace health and safety. Its stated public benefit is broad, but its objects suggest a particular relevance to people for whom English is not a first language. The available evidence indicates a potentially useful bridge between language access and employability-related learning, although its delivery model, reach and local relationships remain unclear.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
- City Centre
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
City Centre
Confidence: low
The charity’s current Charity Commission return states that it operates in Birmingham City. However, the available records do not directly identify the City Centre as an operational area or explicitly state which services the charity delivers there.
- Charity Commission Register of Charities, WINSOR SKILLS TRAINING LTD (charity 1185388), financial year ended 30 April 2025
The charity reports that it operates in Birmingham City, provides education/training, and provides buildings/facilities, services, and advice/information. The register also says that the charity owns and/or leases land or property. - Companies House, WINSOR SKILLS TRAINING LTD (company 10118266)
The active charitable company’s stated activity is other education not elsewhere classified.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission’s Birmingham City entry supports a citywide overall footprint, but it does not identify the neighbourhoods, venues or delivery model through which services are provided. It should not be read as evidence of a service site in every Birmingham ward.
- The available public records do not explicitly confirm the full range of Winsor Skills Training Ltd services delivered at City Gate House.
- Independent Schools Inspectorate reports confirm that a college branded Winsor Education delivered adult further education and English-language provision at City Gate House in November 2024. However, those reports identify the operating company as ILM (UK) Ltd (company 07667060), rather than Winsor Skills Training Ltd (company 10118266). Shared premises and overlapping named leaders indicate a connection, but do not establish that all of the inspected provision is delivered by this charity.
- No authoritative evidence was found of delivery sites, partner-delivered services, or material operational partnerships elsewhere in Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- The charity’s latest trustees’ annual report or an activity report identifying courses, beneficiaries, delivery venues and the geographic reach of services.
- A current statement from Winsor Skills Training Ltd clarifying its operational relationship with Winsor Education and ILM (UK) Ltd, including which legal entity delivers courses at City Gate House.
- Current information on any off-site, employer-based, community-venue or partner-delivered training in Birmingham.
Areas of work
- Education/training
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Training may link language inclusion with workplace participation
The organisation appears to pair support for people who do not speak English as a first language with practical subjects commonly associated with work readiness and safer employment. This may indicate a role beyond generic education: reducing barriers to participation in workplaces and services.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation could be relevant to both inclusion and employment-support networks, creating potential connections with employers, migrant-support groups and adult-learning providers.
Show evidence
“The charity advances education and training, particularly but not exclusively for people who do not speak English as their first language.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its training subjects include IT, first aid, food and hygiene, and health and safety at work.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its public-facing remit may conceal a more defined priority group
Although the charity identifies the general public as its beneficiary group, its objects give unusual prominence to people who do not speak English as a first language. This may mean its broad public remit is operationally focused on a population whose needs are not fully visible in the beneficiary classification.
Why it matters
Understanding this distinction would help partners avoid treating the organisation as a general training provider when it may hold particular experience in accessible or linguistically inclusive learning.
Show evidence
“The charity helps the general public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's objects particularly refer to those who do not speak English as their first language.”
Source:Charity Commission
The stated support model extends beyond teaching alone
The organisation may combine training with access to facilities and advice or information. This could indicate a more supportive learning environment, but the evidence does not show whether these are core services, occasional provisions or formal partnerships.
Why it matters
If confirmed, this would affect how the organisation is understood: as a possible access point for wider support rather than solely a course provider.
Show evidence
“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides services and advocacy, advice or information.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether training is delivered directly, through partners, or through rented facilities.
- Which communities are reached, and whether learners gain qualifications, employment or other outcomes.
- Whether advice and facilities are integral to the organisation's offer or administrative classifications.
Remaining uncertainties
- A current programme list showing courses, locations, delivery methods and eligibility.
- Information on learner demographics, outcomes, referral routes and partner organisations.
- Annual reports or impact evidence describing how facilities, advice and training are used together.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Education/training
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE ON THE SUBJECT OF IT, FIRST AID, FOOD AND HYGIENE, HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK