Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 16

NCFE

National Awarding Organisation offering qualifications, awards, accreditation of bespoke learning and associated materials and services

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/07/23	£43,034	£50,851	£-7,817	£74	£31,782	£31,782	7.5	1,014	0
31/07/22	£39,095	£41,906	£-2,811	£401	£39,692	£39,692	11.4	900	0
31/07/21	£38,792	£37,777	£1,015	£2,023	£44,941	£44,941	14.3	804	0
31/07/20	£36,125	£32,318	£3,807	£1,700	£43,406	£43,406	16.1	715	0
31/07/19	£35,451	£29,025	£6,426	£1,079	£40,201	£40,201	16.6	539	0
31/07/18	£33,175	£27,794	£5,381	£827	£33,658	£33,658	14.5	370	0
31/07/17?	£20,255	£19,819	£436	£757	£28,258	£28,258	17.1	303	0
31/10/16	£26,117	£23,370	£2,747	£377	£27,186	£27,186	14	318	0
31/10/15	£19,571	£17,651	£1,920	£63	£23,874	£23,874	16.2	217	0
31/10/14?	£19,317	£18,239	£1,078	£85	£21,410	£21,410	14.1	201	0
31/08/13	£21,025	£14,873	£6,152	£85	£18,884	£18,884	15.2	169	0
31/08/12	£16,549	£10,164	£6,385	£71	£12,687	£12,687	15	125	0
31/08/11	£10,396	£8,902	£1,494	£59	£6,690	£6,690	9	114	0
31/08/10	£11,658	£9,538	£2,121	£59	£5,073	£5,073	6.4	108	0
31/08/09	£10,185	£8,775	£1,410	£49	£2,719	£2,719	3.7	101	0
31/08/08	£7,679	£7,383	£296	£35	£2,766	£2,766	4.5	88	0
31/08/07	£7,051	£7,047	£3	£34	£2,575	£2,575	4.4	90	0
31/08/06	£7,030	£6,168	£862	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/05	£5,996	£5,702	£294	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/04	£4,732	£4,571	£161	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 7.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 31 years

www.ncfe.org.uk

companysecretary@ncfe.org.uk

01912398000

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Academic support

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to NCFE
£203,498	06/07/2023	Early Years Maths Through Storytelling: Storybook approaches to promote mathematical talk and develop maths vocabulary within the home learning environment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-66

AMANDA ELIZABETH BROMLEY MRS Appointed: 2024

DEBORAH JENKINS MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

DAVID WILSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

JOANNE WHITFIELD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Fund Director

MICHAEL JAMES LOVE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Skills Policy

MICHAEL SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant

ROBIN GHURBHURUN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Managing Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/03/1994, number: 1034808
Registered at Companies House on 10/02/1994, number: 02896700

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from CAMPAIGN FOR LEARNING on 07/12/2021

Main office

NCFE
Q6
Quorum Park
Benton Lane
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE12 8BT

Objectives

TO ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT OR AID IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF OTHER CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS OR INSTITUTIONS AND TO SUBSCRIBE, LEND OR GUARANTEE MONEY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS NCFE MAY CHOOSE FOR THE PURPOSES OF FURTHERING ITS OBJECTIVES

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND EUROPE