THE NATIONAL COMMUNITIES RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1005555 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL HOUSING AND TENANT TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED, NATIONAL TENANTS RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED, TRAFFORD HALL

To provide training and support to all those living and working in low-income communities across the UK to develop their skills, confidence and capacity to tackle problems and reverse poor conditions and for the promotion of all other such things as may be beneficial to the community as may be charitable under the laws of England and Wales particularly in relation to housing matters.

Objects

TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO ALL THOSE LIVING AND WORKING IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UK TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CONFIDENCE AND CAPACITY TO TACKLE PROBLEMS AND REVERSE POOR CONDITIONS AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF ALL OTHER SUCH THINGS AS MAY BE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO HOUSING MATTERS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £153,119 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £615,166 to £462,047. Despite this reduction, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months, citing sufficient cash facilities and a business plan approved in May 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (85% 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: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Orrchair
• Catherine Ryder
• Christopher Michael Gaskell
• Dr Michael Robert Birkett
• Emily Clare Potter
• Margaret Calista Pierre
• Neil Hibbert

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).