National Independent Consumer Organisation

Registered charity 1101414 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL CONSUMER FEDERATION

Protecting the rights & interests of the consumer

Objects

I) TO IDENTIFY AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF CONSUMERS, WITH REFERENCE TO THE KEY GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF CHOICE, INFORMATION, REPRESENTATION, ACCESS TO GOODS AND SERVICES, QUALITY AND FAIRNESS, SAFETY AND REDRESSII) TO PROMOTE CONSUMER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSUMERS IN THOSE ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEMIII) TO PROVIDE A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION WITH GOVERNMENT, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, REGULATORS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIESIV) TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT MEMBERS AND MEMBER ORGANISATIONS TO WORK TOGETHER BETTER AND TO PROMOTE THEIR ACTIVITIES, AND TO PROVIDE CONSUMER INFORMATION AND EDUCATION.V) TO CONSULT WITH AND REPRESENT GRASSROOTS MEMBERS, TO CIRCULATE, PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE THEIR VIEWS AND WHERE APPROPRIATE TO RESPOND TO CONSULTATION ON THEIR BEHALF

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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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Registered contact address: Basingstoke and Deane, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,674 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' core operating expenditure. The charity reported a net deficit for the year of £4,096, driven by expenditure exceeding income, and relies on a single major donor for its primary funding stream. The independent examiner highlighted a significant governance concern, noting that trustee payments appeared to violate the charity's Articles of Association and lacked required Charity Commission approval.

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 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.

• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2025 (received 01/11/2026, 1 day after the 31/10/2026 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 09/05/2024, 191 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Brian Frank Gregorychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Clint Walker
• Gareth James Weaver
• John Scott Day
• Mark Charles Peterson
• Simon Edward Ayers

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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