Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

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 Government grants and contracts
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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 Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/22£39,095£41,906£-2,811£401£39,692£39,69211.49000
31/07/21£38,792£37,777£1,015£2,023£44,941£44,94114.38040
31/07/20£36,125£32,318£3,807£1,700£43,406£43,40616.17150
31/07/19£35,451£29,025£6,426£1,079£40,201£40,20116.65390
31/07/18£33,175£27,794£5,381£827£33,658£33,65814.53700
31/07/17?£20,255£19,819£436£757£28,258£28,25817.13030
31/10/16£26,117£23,370£2,747£377£27,186£27,186143180
31/10/15£19,571£17,651£1,920£63£23,874£23,87416.22170
31/10/14?£19,317£18,239£1,078£85£21,410£21,41014.12010
31/08/13£21,025£14,873£6,152£85£18,884£18,88415.21690
31/08/12£16,549£10,164£6,385£71£12,687£12,687151250
31/08/11£10,396£8,902£1,494£59£6,690£6,69091140
31/08/10£11,658£9,538£2,121£59£5,073£5,0736.41080
31/08/09£10,185£8,775£1,410£49£2,719£2,7193.71010
31/08/08£7,679£7,383£296£35£2,766£2,7664.5880
31/08/07£7,051£7,047£3£34£2,575£2,5754.4900
31/08/06£7,030£6,168£862£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£5,996£5,702£294£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£4,732£4,571£161£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 11.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Established: 30 years

www.ncfe.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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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 works here?
  • 900 employees

Who's supporting 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: 30-65
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
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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