THE NATIONAL EXAMINATION BOARD IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Registered charity 1010444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N E B O S H

To encourage the provision, in collaboration with other organisations, of facilities for training & education of people throughout their careers in safety and health & environmental management; to promote appropriate and uniform qualifications and standards of examinations in safety and health & environmental management as affected by work activities & seek to co-ordinate international standards.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£24.1m
Latest spending
£19.7m
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £3.7m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £24.1m against expenditure of £19.7m. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £40.5m in total funds, including £31m in free reserves, which equates to 15 months of annual expenditure cover. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to fund its activities for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: nine months annual expenditure (held: £31.0m)
“reserves should equate to no less than nine months annual expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: NEBOSH Learning Limited
“The Charity owns the whole of the share capital of NEBOSH Learning Limited, its trading subsidiary” — page 52
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

NEBOSH LEARNING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The company is dormant and entitled to exemption under section 480 of the Companies Act 2006.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£24.1m
Total spending
£19.7m
Reserves (reported)
£31.3m
Employees
180

Reported reserves equal ~19.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Albania · Algeria · Angola · Armenia · Australia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belgium · Bolivia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£24.1m£19.7m
31/03/2024£20.5m£16.4m
31/03/2023£20.4m£14.8m
31/03/2022£18.6m£10.8m
31/03/2021£9.4m£8.6m

Common questions

Is THE NATIONAL EXAMINATION BOARD IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £3.7m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £24.1m against expenditure of £19.7m. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £40.5m in total funds, including £31m in free reserves, which equates to 15 months of annual expenditure cover. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to fund its activities for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Forvis Mazars LLP.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE NATIONAL EXAMINATION BOARD IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH£24.1m——unclear—no doubt
BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL FY2024£11.6m——unclear—no doubt
THE INSTITUTION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH FY2025£18.3m——within—no doubt
FACULTY OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE FY2025£1.7m£120,001 - £150,000—unclear—no doubt
Construction Workers’ Charitable Trust FY2025£391k—0above—no doubt
PETANS LIMITED FY2025£2.3m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.