NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENT SOCIETIES 2003

Registered charity 1101348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NAFAS

Administration of NAFAS Courses in Floral Art & Design Attending and exhibiting at major shows and floral events A National Show where affiliated members may enter competitions and where both members and the general public may enjoy the floral arrangements exhibitedAssessments of judges, demonstrators and speakersEncouragement to affiliated clubs to develop their memberships

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ART OF FLOWER ARRANGING AND RELATED SUBJECTS; AND2. TO FURTHER ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £141,023 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with consolidated expenditure increasing to £747,687. However, the trustees report that the charity still has adequate reserves, with free reserves standing at £3,714,973. The trustees consider this level sufficient to cover six months of charitable operations expenditure and governance costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~62.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (47% 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: 43.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Barbara Harding
• Dr PAULA MCALINDEN
• Elizabeth Jane Brothwood
• Elizabeth Janice Gordon
• Emma Elise Flint
• Graham Weaver
• Janet Armitage
• Joan Elizabeth Magee
• Julie Carse
• Nicole Wylie

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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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NORTH OF ENGLAND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

• THE NORTH OF ENGLAND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY income £1.5m
• ASSOCIATION OF SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATIONS income £160k
• THE SOCIETY OF BOTANICAL ARTISTS LIMITED income £218k
• SOUTHPORT FLOWER SHOW income £1.4m
• THE SHROPSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY income £280k
• THE DENBIGHSHIRE AND FLINTSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £297k

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