Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

NATIONAL NUMERACY

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/12/23£2,435£2,556£-121£259£1,020£8844.13561
31/12/22£2,159£1,732£428£171£1,141£9246.4235
31/12/21£1,401£1,155£246£158£713£6737180
31/12/20£1,216£1,354£-138£132£467£3232.9180
31/12/19£1,651£1,397£254£147£605£4293.7170
31/12/18£1,196£1,085£111£99£351£2592.9150
31/12/17£701£900£-199£102£240£1672.2140
31/12/16£758£1,077£-318£10£439£2873.2120
31/12/15£1,233£1,406£-173£495£757£4443.8130
31/12/14£1,919£1,419£500£638£930£4563.9130
31/12/13£719£780£-61£198£430£1862.980
31/12/12£854£363£491£14£491£181630

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Academic support
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 29/01/2021
National Numeracy Revenue Funding
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to National Numeracy Trust
£75,000 18/06/2020
36
Family Maths Toolkit Parental Engagement Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 18/06/2019
Family Maths Toolkit and The National Numeracy Challenge Parental Engagement Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 24/07/2017
National Numeracy Challenge

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-72
  • ANDREW HALDANE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Economist
  • CATHERINE VIVIEN PAULSON-ELLIS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Teacher
  • EDWARD BRUNEL-COHEN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: None
  • GRAHAM KENISTON-COOPER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • HITEN HIRABHAI PATEL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Partner - Management Consultancy
  • LYNNE MCCLURE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director, Cambridge Maths
  • PAUL COFFEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Advertising Consultant
  • PERDITA FRASER (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
  • PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER MARK LINTON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Provost & Deputy Vice Chancellor
  • SANDRA WALLACE Appointed: 2022
  • SHERRY LEIGH COUTU Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/01/2012, number: 1145669
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/12/2011, number: 07886294
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 54/55 Sussex Innovation Centre
Science Park Square
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9SB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN MATHEMATICS AND NUMERACY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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