Automotive Skills Limited is an English registered charity and one of 25 Sector Skills Councils (SSC), responsible for the retail motor industry, awarded a licensed by the then secretary of state at the Department for Education and Skills, the Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP, in February 2004.
The SSC suffered a fraud at the hands of its finance manager, which was discovered in 2006 http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news?articleid=2939241. Subsequently, Automotive Skills' SSC license was transferred to the Institute of the Motor Industry in September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071008141043/http://www.motor.org.uk/news/articles/imi-will-focus-on-five-big-wins-as-the-new-sector-skills-council-331.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071114073914/http://www.motortrader.com/25831/IMI-named-as-government-sector.ehtml. The Institute uses the Automotive Skills brand, although the separate charity still exists http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/showcharity.asp?remchar=&chyno=1015461.
The SSC had a contract with the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA), which was replaced by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) on 1 April 2008. One role of the UKCES will be to manage the performance of the Sector Skills Councils, advising Ministers on their re-licensing https://web.archive.org/web/20080531122927/http://www.ukces.org.uk/default.aspx?page=1.
The members of Automotive Skills Limited appointed liquidators PJ Clark and PD Williams of corporate restructuring organisation MCR, on 24 July 2008 http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/58787/pages/11884.
It was headquartered in Brickendon in Hertfordshire.