NOA GIRLS

Registered charity 1130834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GIRLS ACTION PROJECTS, NOA

The charity supports and works one to one with young girls at risk creating a care plan for each of them which includes a key worker, mentor and, in many cases, therapy.

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Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,930,377 against total expenditure of £1,906,156, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £493,670, which the trustees consider adequate for planned activities. The auditor confirmed 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: Donations from trustees/KMP
“During the year, the charity received donations aggregating £68,118 (2024: £54,783) from the trustees and key management personnel, and their close family members.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Noa (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.9m
Cost of raising funds
£187k
Reserves (reported)
£494k
Employees
42

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (64% 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: 9.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Hackney · Haringey · Harrow · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.9m£1.9m
31/03/2024£2.0m£2.0m
31/03/2023£2.0m£2.0m
31/03/2022£1.6m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.1m£839k

Common questions

Is NOA GIRLS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,930,377 against total expenditure of £1,906,156, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £493,670, which the trustees consider adequate for planned activities. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

Who funds NOA GIRLS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NOA GIRLS as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, THE PRUDENCE TRUST, THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE RAYNE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2024£310k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2023£261k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2025£247k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2022£201k
THE PRUDENCE TRUSTFY2024£180kDisordered eating support
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£95kWelfare
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£87kCare and Welfare
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£60kWelfare
THE RAYNE TRUSTFY2024£30kTowards a specialist Eating Disorder Programme which provides holistic and specialised support to those suffering from eating disorders and disordered eating in
The Leathersellers' FoundationFY2023£25kHealth grant
The Leathersellers' FoundationFY2024£23kCharity Main Grants
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£22kCare and Welfare
THE M AND L CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£20k
THE BLUSTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2025£20k
THE UKI CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2025£8kfunding towards the provision of clinical supervision for trainee therapists programme
THE UKI CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
LAWSON BECKMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5kEducation
THE ESFANDI CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£5kdays out and activities
JEWISH CHILD'S DAYFY2022£5k
THE ESFANDI CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE CHILDREN'S AID COMMITTEE CHARITABLE FUNDFY2021£4k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2023£3kfunding towards the provision of clinical supervision for trainee therapists
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2022£2kfunding towards the provision of a part-time member of staff to provide operational, administrative and clinical supervision for trainee therapists
THE J AND H ORLANDER TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE CHILDREN'S AID COMMITTEE CHARITABLE FUNDFY2022£2k
THE CHILDREN'S AID COMMITTEE CHARITABLE FUNDFY2023£2k
LYNWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2021£1k
THE J AND H ORLANDER TRUSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2026£19kEmotional regulation course
The Mercers' Company07/03/2025£172kGrant to Noa Girls
The National Lottery Community Fund02/08/2024£20kAutism empowerment programme
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2022£10kMentoring Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund31/08/2022£214kMoving Forward
Sport England04/05/2022£9kJubilee Fund - Healthy body, healthy mind
City Bridge Foundation20/01/2022£65kGrant to Noa Girls
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2021£10kHealthy Body Healthy Mind
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2020£8kFurnishing the outbuilding
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£1kIntergenerational day for women in the community
City Bridge Foundation31/01/2019£77kGrant to Noa Girls
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2018£10kOutbuilding in garden of Noa House
London Borough of Barnet20/10/2017£5kGrant to Noa Girls
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2016£407kWGI stage 2
The National Lottery Community Fund01/09/2011£7kThrive

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GIRLS' NETWORK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NOA GIRLS£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE GIRLS' NETWORK FY2025£1.3mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
THE NEW GIRLS SCHOOL FY2025£1.9mUnder £60,0000unclear—noted
FOOTBALL ACADEMY NOAH FY2024£114k—0above0.7%no doubt
NOOR RELIEF FUND FY2024£1.5m—0above—no doubt
THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION FY2025£31.6m£70,001 - £80,000—above—no doubt

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