NEPACS

Registered charity 1088051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of facilities and support to prisoners and their families.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £91,909 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,301,430 to £1,209,521. The trustees maintain that unrestricted reserves are held at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, a policy they consider maintained throughout the year. Despite short-term funding challenges and cash flow pressures from retrospective payment mechanisms, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to meet ongoing commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £1.1m)
“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: NEPACS Trading Limited
“NEPACS Trading Limited (Company Registration No. 07923538) is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEPACS.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

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

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£2.2m
Cost of raising funds
£3k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
83

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.3m£2.2m
31/03/2024£1.8m£1.8m
31/03/2023£1.7m£1.7m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.4m£1.4m

Common questions

Is NEPACS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £91,909 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,301,430 to £1,209,521. The trustees maintain that unrestricted reserves are held at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, a policy they consider maintained throughout the year. Despite short-term funding challenges and cash flow pressures from retrospective payment mechanisms, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to meet ongoing commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

Who funds NEPACS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEPACS as a grant recipient include THE DULVERTON TRUST, SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, NEVILLE'S CROSS, DURHAM, THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2025£82kBee Outside
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2023£40k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUSTFY2026£36k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15kThe Justice System and penal reform
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, NEVILLE'S CROSS, DURHAMFY2023£8koutward giving
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2023£3kTo support the core costs of an online volunteering project to help support prisoners during court visits.
THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2022£2kTo support the core costs of an online volunteering project to help support prisoners during court visits.
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, NEVILLE'S CROSS, DURHAMFY2021£2k10% charitable donations
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, NEVILLE'S CROSS, DURHAMFY2022£2kMission Giving / Outward Giving
THE JUNCTION 42 FOUNDATIONFY2022£2kmicro-grants for clients in financial hardship
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500Other Charities/Voluntary Bodies

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East19/03/2026£500Grant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East22/01/2026£1kGrant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East08/01/2026£1kGrant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East12/06/2025£5kGrant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East29/05/2025£1kGrant to NEPACS
The National Lottery Community Fund16/04/2025£332kConnect To Court
Community Foundation North East13/03/2025£1kGrant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East13/03/2025£2kGrant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East27/02/2025£500Grant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East23/01/2025£1kGrant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East09/01/2025£1kGrant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East02/04/2024£1kGrant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East26/01/2023£1kGrant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East12/01/2023£500Grant to NEPACS
A B Charitable Trust06/10/2022£15kA grant to Nepacs
Community Foundation North East23/06/2022£250Grant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East14/04/2022£1kGrant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East31/03/2022£1kA grant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East03/02/2022£1kA grant to NEPACS
A B Charitable Trust06/12/2021£15kA grant to Nepacs
Community Foundation North East04/11/2021£500A grant to NEPACS
Community Foundation North East20/05/2021£250A grant to NEPACS
A B Charitable Trust04/12/2020£15kA grant to Nepacs
The National Lottery Community Fund17/10/2019£165kNepacs - Support during early days of custody
A B Charitable Trust10/10/2019£15kA grant to Nepacs

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHINE@NECHELLSPOD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEPACS£2.3m——unclear—no doubt
SHINE@NECHELLSPOD FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt
OUT THERE SUPPORTING FAMILIES OF PRISONERS LIMITED FY2025£256k—0below—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
BNJC FY2025£4.1m——unclear—no doubt
SUPPORT THE CHARITY WORKER FY2025£991k—0unclear—no doubt

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