THE NUCLEAR EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1118373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity now commissions its own work, aiming to influence decision makers. It no longer accepts new grant applications and will now only consider extending existing grants.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY (THE "OBJECTS") ARE:-(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROMOTING THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF AND RESEARCH INTO ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT, DEFENCE AND SECURITY, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: St. Helens, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£35k

Latest spending

£57k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £93,787, which is above the stated policy minimum of covering the following year's financial report obligations. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were materially incorrect or non-compliant. The trustees believe there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: CND provides occasional staff resources for the Charity (including administrative support such as finance, data protection and fundraising, as well as some project support such as design staff assistance), in return for which a management charge is payable which both parties consider to be a fair reflection of the value of the services provided. The management charge is shown on page 6.

“The management charge is shown on page 6.” — page 14

“Grants have been awarded to CND, for peace education work, as shown in Note 2 and at the year-end there were amounts payable to CND as shown in Note 5.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grants have been awarded to CND, for peace education work, as shown in Note 2 and at the year-end there were amounts payable to CND as shown in Note 5.

“The management charge is shown on page 6.” — page 14

“Grants have been awarded to CND, for peace education work, as shown in Note 2 and at the year-end there were amounts payable to CND as shown in Note 5.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Campaigns and political activity 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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Steve Barwickchair
Claire Poyner
Daniel Laurence Blaney
Dr Anna Shielagh Shelley Liddle
Dr LINDA HUGL
Peter Burt

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£35k	£57k
31/12/2024	£189k	£33k
31/12/2023	£13k	£32k
31/12/2022	£33k	£34k
31/12/2021	£54k	£2k

Common questions

Is THE NUCLEAR EDUCATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £93,787, which is above the stated policy minimum of covering the following year's financial report obligations. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were materially incorrect or non-compliant. The trustees believe there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE NUCLEAR EDUCATION TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NUCLEAR EDUCATION TRUST as a grant recipient include NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£19k	Nuclear Information Service

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
BEIS KOSOV	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MELLER EDUCATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE MELLER EDUCATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £72k
MOTIVATION AND LEARNING TRUST income £60k
NUCLEUS FOUNDATION income £26k
THE W E DUNN TRUST income £238k
AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST income £180k
N AND R KARNANI TRUST income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE NUCLEAR EDUCATION TRUST	£35k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MELLER EDUCATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£72k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MOTIVATION AND LEARNING TRUST FY2025	£60k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NUCLEUS FOUNDATION FY2025	£26k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE W E DUNN TRUST FY2025	£238k	—	within	—	no doubt
AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£180k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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