NORTHERN LEARNING TRUST

Registered charity 1120330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance learning and skills including literacy, numeracy, communication skills, employability, family learning and mentoring across the North East of England.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £151,531 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 30% to £889,889. However, unrestricted free reserves of £200,757 are below the trustees' stated policy target of £320,000 to £340,000, which represents six months of operating costs. The trustees acknowledge that funding levels are expected to reduce in the coming year but maintain that sufficient funding is secured for the foreseeable future.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Northern Learning Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY GEORGE ASQUITH BROWNchair
• ANN WYNN
• Anne Delandre
• Jeannie McMillan
• Melanie Ann Bear
• Michael Leonard Ranson JP, FCA · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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