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NORTHERN CONSORTIUM

Registered charity 1018979 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NCUK

Northern Consortium funds a range of educational activities in addition to research, with a focus on UK students from under-represented backgrounds. NC's subsidiary, NCUK Ltd provide high-quality educational programmes to support international students' progression to university.

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£8.8m
Latest spending
£8.9m
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group's consolidated financial performance for 2025 was strong, with total income increasing to £8,769,185 from £7,575,806 in the prior year. However, the Group reported a net outgoing from unrestricted funds of £113,140, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £3,590,457, which is lower than the previous year's £3,703,597. The Trustees confirmed that reserves are available and adequate to fulfil obligations, with no material uncertainty regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Northern Consortium UK Limited
“The principal wholly-owned trading subsidiary is Northern Consortium UK Limited.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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Corporate structure

NORTHERN CONSORTIUM UK LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • 2025: £550; 2024: £2,570

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£8.8m
Total spending
£8.9m
Reserves (reported)
£3.6m
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (99% 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

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£8.8m£8.9m
31/08/2024£7.6m£7.7m
31/08/2023£6.6m£6.7m
31/08/2022£5.9m£5.5m
31/08/2021£5.0m£4.7m

Common questions

Is NORTHERN CONSORTIUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group's consolidated financial performance for 2025 was strong, with total income increasing to £8,769,185 from £7,575,806 in the prior year. However, the Group reported a net outgoing from unrestricted funds of £113,140, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £3,590,457, which is lower than the previous year's £3,703,597. The Trustees confirmed that reserves are available and adequate to fulfil obligations, with no material uncertainty regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NORTHERN COLLEGE FOR RESIDENTIAL ADULT EDUCATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTHERN CONSORTIUM£8.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE NORTHERN COLLEGE FOR RESIDENTIAL ADULT EDUCATION LIMITED FY2025£4.7m——unclear—material uncertainty
THE NORTHCOTE TRUST FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHERN COUNTIES KIDNEY RESEARCH FUND FY2025£325k—0unclear—no doubt
DANCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED FY2025£1.1m——unclear—noted
The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited FY2025£14.0m£170,001 - £180,000—unclear—no doubt

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