Skills for Care
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Skills for Care's grant route described in its funding information is open only to user-led organisations that deliver training for people who employ their own care and support staff and their personal assistants, so a group that is not user-led should not apply.
- Its focus is England, so a project based there fits the stated area.
- No grant range is given and no application process is published, so ask the funder directly what size of request it considers and how to start.
- Its annual giving of £10,883,095 is a large total, but no split across grants is given, so do not assume a particular size of award.
- Check first that your training work is for individual employers or personal assistants, since that is the purpose the funding information names.
Overview
Skills for Care is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1079836).
Skills for Care is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1079836), whose mission is to support and empower current and future social care leaders, employers and the wider workforce. Its work develops the adult social care workforce to improve the quality of social care services, through occupational standards and qualification frameworks, workforce research, a workforce development strategy and employer-led development infrastructure. Its annual giving is £10,883,095, and its funding information describes grants for user-led organisations to deliver tailored training for individual employers and personal assistants.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Skills for Care's mission is to support and empower current and future social care leaders, employers and the wider workforce. Its work develops the adult social care workforce to improve the quality of social care services through occupational standards and qualification frameworks, workforce research, a workforce development strategy and employer-led development infrastructure. Its strategic priorities include building staff skills, knowledge, competencies, values and behaviours; supporting an equal, inclusive and valued workforce; increasing workforce capacity; and improving a social care system that enables people to live the lives they choose and attracts the right people to the workforce. Its funding information describes grants for user-led organisations to deliver tailored training for individual employers and personal assistants.
Themes
- Social care training
Geographic Focus
England.
How to apply
User-led organisations can apply for a grant to deliver training for people who employ their own care and support staff and their personal assistants.
Who can apply:
- If you're a user-led organisation, you can apply for a grant to deliver training for people who employ their own care and support staff (individual employers) and their PA.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Skills for Care.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £36,167,453 | £35,344,009 | £18,410,906 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £38,554,066 | £37,848,240 | £20,264,551 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £35,315,397 | £35,280,907 | £18,096,160 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £41,940,367 | £42,352,181 | £21,447,261 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £26,118,242 | £29,711,847 | £10,883,095 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, all years: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- skillsforcare.org.uk
- skillsforcare.org.uk/Funding/Funding.aspx · read on 31 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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Contact
- skillsforcare.org.uk
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
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Contact
- skillsforcare.org.uk
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission