NATIONAL LEARNING AND WORK INSTITUTE
Registered charity 1002775 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEARNING AND WORK INSTITUTE, N I A C E - THE NATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR ADULT LEARNING, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION (ENGLAND AND WALES)
We are an independent research and development organisation dedicated to promoting lifelong learning, full employment and inclusion
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the organisation reported a net expenditure deficit of £195,000 for the year, a significant decline from the prior year's surplus, primarily due to a one-off pension surplus in the previous period. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,792,000, which exceeds the stated policy maximum of £1,500,000, and the trustees consider the organisation to be a going concern with sufficient liquidity.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: minimum £300,000 and maximum £1,500,000 (held: £1.8m)
“A minimum of £300,000 necessary to cover the statutory obligations of winding up its affairs; And a maximum of £1,500,000 necessary to cover a temporary loss of income (6months)” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Reimbursement of trustee expenses.
“Trustee expenses of £763 were reimbursed for the year to 31 March 2025 (£603 for the year to 31 March 2024.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Stephen Evans — Chief Executive (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Nuffield Foundation — “New analysis from L&W funded by Nuffield Foundation identifies an overreliance on mandatory and compliance training in UK workplaces compare…” (source page)
- Age UK — “In the last year our main funders were Age UK” (source page)
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- SPEAR, Richard Mark — director, appointed 05/12/2024on trustee list
- IVORY-CHAPMAN, Nichola Jayne — director, appointed 14/03/2024on trustee list
- AYLES, Harriet — director, appointed 14/03/2024on trustee list
- VERNON, Belinda — director, appointed 14/03/2024on trustee list
- SALAM, Ayokunle Temitope — director, appointed 30/11/2023on trustee list
- HARRIS, Lauren — director, appointed 23/09/2021on trustee list
- RENDER, Timothy Ennis — director, appointed 29/11/2018on trustee list
- MOORE, Jeremy Patrick — director, appointed 26/01/2018on trustee list
- MERRIFIELD, Margaret Haf — director, appointed 08/11/2012on trustee list
- GALLIERS, Margaret Mary — director, appointed 02/11/2006not on trustee list
- EVANS, Stephen — secretary, appointed 01/09/2016
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£41k
Reserves (reported)
£10.1m
Reported reserves equal ~23.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NATIONAL LEARNING AND WORK INSTITUTE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the organisation reported a net expenditure deficit of £195,000 for the year, a significant decline from the prior year's surplus, primarily due to a one-off pension surplus in the previous period. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,792,000, which exceeds the stated policy maximum of £1,500,000, and the trustees consider the organisation to be a going concern with sufficient liquidity. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.
Who funds NATIONAL LEARNING AND WORK INSTITUTE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL LEARNING AND WORK INSTITUTE as a grant recipient include THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION, THE HEALTH FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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