THE NATIONAL APPROPRIATE ADULT NETWORK LIMITED

Registered charity 1104765 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NAAN

NAAN is the national membership body supporting and representing appropriate adult services in England and Wales.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 18 YEARS AND THE CARE OF PEOPLE OF ANY AGE WHO ARE MENTALLY VULNERABLE AS A RESULT OF MENTAL ILL HEALTH, LEARNING DISABILITY, NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER OR ANY OTHER REASON AND WHO ARE DETAINED OR OTHERWISE QUESTIONED UNDER THE POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1984’BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR, AND THE PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICE AMONGST, APPROPRIATE ADULTS: (B) TO PROMOTE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF, THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR, AND THE PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICE AMONGST, APPROPRIATE ADULTS

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£218k

Latest spending

£213k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,099 for the year, bringing total net assets to £184,079. The trustees maintain a designated reserve of £110,000, which they note equates to 6.2 months of expenditure, satisfying their policy to hold sufficient reserves for 6 to 9 months of operations. The charity relies heavily on a single annual grant from the Home Office, which constituted 50.5% of total income, and has identified risks related to this reliance and the difficulty in securing alternative charitable funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“1 employee received total employee benefits (excluding employer national insurance and employer pension contributions) between £60,000 to £70,000 (2024: 1 employee above £60,000).” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“1 employee received total employee benefits (excluding employer national insurance and employer pension contributions) between £60,000 to £70,000 (2024: 1 employee above £60,000).” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 6 to 9 months (held: £110k)

“NAAN’s policy is to maintain sufficient level of designated reserves to enable normal operating activities to continue over a period of 6 to 9 months.” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04680035

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Appropriate Adult Network (matched by registered charity number).

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.

HARPER, Anne Evelyn — director, appointed 02/12/2025on trustee list
BAILEY, Kia Louise — director, appointed 02/12/2025on trustee list
THOMPSON, Deborah Ann — director, appointed 02/12/2025on trustee list
PASTUSZKO, Angelika Amanda — director, appointed 10/09/2024on trustee list
CHEBIB, Linda Ann — director, appointed 20/11/2023on trustee list
WHEATLEY, Sandra June — director, appointed 19/10/2023on trustee list
CONNELLY, Sarah — director, appointed 19/10/2023on trustee list
TERRINGTON, Jacq Matilda Kaye — director, appointed 19/07/2023not on trustee list
GIBBS, Penelope Sarah — director, appointed 16/12/2021on trustee list
HAYNES, Matthew Thomas — director, appointed 13/11/2020on trustee list
BATH, Christopher Ian — secretary, appointed 04/03/2013

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Penelope Sarah Gibbschair
Angelika Pastuszko
Anne Harper
Deborah Thompson
Jacq Matilda Kaye Whitelock
Kia Bailey
Linda Ann Chebib
Matthew Thomas Richard Haynes
Sandra June Wheatley
Sarah Connelly

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£218k	£213k
31/03/2024	£197k	£234k
31/03/2023	£212k	£192k
31/03/2022	£202k	£152k
31/03/2021	£157k	£134k

Common questions

Is THE NATIONAL APPROPRIATE ADULT NETWORK LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,099 for the year, bringing total net assets to £184,079. The trustees maintain a designated reserve of £110,000, which they note equates to 6.2 months of expenditure, satisfying their policy to hold sufficient reserves for 6 to 9 months of operations. The charity relies heavily on a single annual grant from the Home Office, which constituted 50.5% of total income, and has identified risks related to this reliance and the difficulty in securing alternative charitable funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE NATIONAL APPROPRIATE ADULT NETWORK LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	02/10/2020	£10k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION	1	£60k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£13k
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE JEANNINE VASSILIOU CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE ABUSED IN CHILDHOOD.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE ABUSED IN CHILDHOOD income £394k
CARTREF NI LIMITED income £5.5m
ADULTS SUPPORTING ADULTS (ASA LINCS) income £1.2m
Aapna Services Limited income £1.2m
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH NETWORK income £770k
MAKING EVERY ADULT MATTER income £717k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE NATIONAL APPROPRIATE ADULT NETWORK LIMITED	£218k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE ABUSED IN CHILDHOOD FY2025	£394k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CARTREF NI LIMITED FY2025	£5.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ADULTS SUPPORTING ADULTS (ASA LINCS) FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	within	—	no doubt
Aapna Services Limited FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH NETWORK FY2026	£770k	£80,000 - £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

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