THE NATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF ABUSE

Registered charity 1086050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NOTA, THE NATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF ABUSERS

NOTA is the only professional multi-discplinary organisation in the UK and Ireland, dedicated to work with sexual abusers.Using its expertise and professional network NOTA identifies best practise to reduce the incidence of sexual agression.NOTA provides specialist training to related disciplines..

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSION OF PERSONS WORKING WITH OR CARING FOR SEXUAL ABUSERS OR OTHERS HAVING A LEGITIMATE PROFESSIONAL INTEREST IN THE FIELD. 2. TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROFESSIONS WHO WORK WITH OR CARE FOR SEXUAL ABUSERS AND INTO THE EFFICIENCY OF EXISTING SKILLS AND PRACTICES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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 income of £43,493 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £162,789. The trustees confirm that the financial position remains within acceptable parameters and that the charity holds reserves equivalent to three months of operational costs. No material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern were identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04194904

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.

• BROWN, Jonathan Mark — director, appointed 27/03/2025on trustee list
• CAIN, Stephanie, Professor — director, appointed 27/03/2024not on trustee list
• MCCARTAN, Kieran, Dr — director, appointed 11/12/2023on trustee list
• ALLARDYCE, Stuart George — director, appointed 07/10/2019not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr KIERAN FRANCIS MCCARTANchair
• JONATHAN MARK BROWN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sharron Wareham

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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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 EQUATION NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

• EQUATION NOTTINGHAMSHIRE income £1.5m
• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE ABUSED IN CHILDHOOD income £394k
• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES LTD income £2.1m
• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED income £2.3m
• IMARA CIO income £907k
• THE NOT FORGOTTEN ASSOCIATION (NFA) income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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