Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

NATIONAL FIRE CHIEFS COUNCIL LIMITED 

The charity aims to reduce the loss of life, personal injury and damage to property and the environment by improving the quality of firefighting, rescue, fire protection and fire prevention in the UK, through the provision of advice, information, leadership, research, informed comment and other services to relevant bodies and to the Association's members.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 25 years

www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk

nfccadminsupport@nationalfirechiefs.org.uk

01213807311

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UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£12,281£13,132£-851£1,035£3,303£2,9332.7550
31/03/22£12,400£12,202£198£0£4,155£3,8673.8240
31/03/21£8,054£7,445£609£0£3,957£3,6015.870
31/03/20£3,690£3,305£385£743£3,357£3,00210.910
31/03/19£3,196£3,048£148£738£2,973£2,0558.110
31/03/18£1,816£1,743£73£506£2,825£2,19315.140
31/03/17£2,484£2,440£43£1,170£2,752£2,50112.3190
31/03/16£7,276£7,267£9£5,769£2,709£2,6464.4340
31/03/15£12,762£12,428£334£11,165£2,700£2,4542.4250
31/03/14£8,401£7,956£446£6,800£2,367£2,2533.4190
31/03/13£8,788£8,526£262£7,585£1,921£1,8002.5180
31/03/12£6,837£6,770£67£5,978£1,665£1,6653180
31/03/11*£7,313£7,255£58£6,078£1,634£1,6342.7180
31/03/10£9,205£8,915£290£7,656£1,576£1,5762.1160
31/03/09£1,508£1,441£68£306£1,286£1,28610.7130
31/03/08£1,714£1,640£75£293£1,218£1,2188.9150
31/03/07?£2,384£2,249£135£397£1,144£1,1446.1150
31/12/05£1,378£1,323£55£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£1,181£1,210£-29£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 57%
Liabilities/Income: 35%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 55 employees
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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
Home Office - NFCC protection, Grenfell response and Fire Standards grant
£6,075,220 08/06/2021
This grant of up to £7m is intended to enable NFCC to: deliver the outcomes as agreed in the protection business case including delivering the Community Secretarys commitment to review all high-rise ....more
Home Office - NFCC protection, Grenfell response and Fire Standards grant
£8,500,000 01/04/2020
Deliver the outcomes as agreed in the protection business case including delivering the Community Secretarys commitment to review all high-rise residential buildings over 18 metres by the end of ....more
Road Safety Trust - Grant to National Fire Chiefs Council -Research and Development
£84,000 26/10/2017
31
Extrication in Trauma (EXIT Project)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/02/1999, number: 1074071
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/12/1998, number: 03677186
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR11: 1 days late,
Main office

71-75 SHELTON STREET
COVENT GARDEN
LONDON
WC2H 9JQ

Objectives

TO LEAD, CO-ORDINATE AND SUPPORT EFFECTIVE PREVENTION, PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, TO REDUCE THE LOSS OF LIFE, PERSONAL INJURY AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH CAN ARISE FROM FIRE, ACCIDENT, MAJOR INCIDENTS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES.TO SUPPORT FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES IN TRANSFORMING THEIR ROLE TO MEET CHANGING DEMANDS AND RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOCIETY.TO PROMOTE EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY AND TO DELIVER POSITIVE IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLBEING BY WORKING WITH PARTNER ORGANISATIONS, GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR BODIES, AND THE COMMUNITY.TO MAXIMISE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UK FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES IN SAVING LIVES AND INCREASING PUBLIC SAFETY BY REPRESENTING THE PROFESSIONAL VOICE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM’S FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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