THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (NASEN)

Registered charity 1007023 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NASEN

nasen aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special and additional support needs.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £64,000 for the year, a significant improvement from the previous year's £169,000 deficit. Free reserves were reduced to £497,000, which the trustees confirm remain within the expected range approved under their reserves policy. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young (Birmingham) LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Association for Special Educational Needs (nasen) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Annamarie Hassall MBE — Chief Executive (source)
• Lorna Beard — Director (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).

• Department for Education — “Universal SEND Services DfE funded resources, support and CPDL opportunities available to schools and further education settings to support …” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clive Anthony Lawrence
• Danny Andrew Hardman
• Dr Sara Penelope Barratt
• Gary Ian Fenemore
• Ian Stuart Hughes
• Lisa Victoria Alberti
• Matthew Alan Green
• Phillipa Sherlock-Lewis
• Richard Oliver · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Trevor Lloyd

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Norfolk and Norwich SEND Association.

• Norfolk and Norwich SEND Association income £1.8m
• THE CENTRE FOR SPECIALIST EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE income £159k
• THE NASIO TRUST income £453k
• THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL-BASED TEACHER TRAINERS income £719k
• SIDE BY SIDE (CHILDREN) LIMITED income £4.4m
• SPECIAL NEEDS ENTERPRISES (NORFOLK) LIMITED income £332k

Side by side with its peers

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