GLOBAL NCAP

Registered charity 1141798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLOBAL NEW CAR ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME (LIMITED BY GUARANTEE), Towards Zero Foundation

TZF aims to promote public safety and public health, the protection and preservation of human life and the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment. We support and conduct independent research and testing programmes that assess the safety and environmental characteristics of motor vehicles and their comparative performance for the general public.

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Latest income

£5.8m

Latest spending

£5.5m

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources for the year were €6.8m, with total expenditure of €6.5m, resulting in a net income of €329,929. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of €1.4m, which exceeds its designated reserve policy target of one year’s operating costs (€1.2m). The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: €150,001 - €160,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)

“Higher paid employees were: €110,000 - €120,000 €130,000 - €140,000 €150,000 - €160,000”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 3

“Higher paid employees were: €110,000 - €120,000 €130,000 - €140,000 €150,000 - €160,000”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: one year’s operating costs including core administration and annual meetings costs of approximately €1.2m (held: £1.7m)

“The Trustees have established a Designated Reserve equivalent to one year’s operating costs including core administration and annual meetings costs of approximately €1.2m.” — page 18

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Consultancy fees for €92,860 (2023: €84,908) were paid to MacLennan Ward Limited, a company in which the President Emeritus of the charity, Mr David Ward, is a director. Included within Other Debtors is an amount of €12,243 (2023: €12,041) owing from MacLennan Ward Limited.

“Consultancy fees for €92,860 (2023: €84,908) were paid to MacLennan Ward Limited, a company in which the President Emeritus of the charity, Mr David Ward, is a director. Included within Other Debtors is an amount of €12,243 (2023: €12,041) owing from MacLennan Ward Limited.” — page 48

“Consultancy fees of €397,921 (2023: €371,824) and expenses reimbursed of €14,767 (2023: €17,666) were paid to ARW Media Ltd, a company in which the CEO of the charity, Mr Richard Woods, is a director. Mr Richard Woods was appointed as CEO from 1 February 2025.” — page 48

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Consultancy fees of €397,921 (2023: €371,824) and expenses reimbursed of €14,767 (2023: €17,666) were paid to ARW Media Ltd, a company in which the CEO of the charity, Mr Richard Woods, is a director. Mr Richard Woods was appointed as CEO from 1 February 2025.

“Consultancy fees for €92,860 (2023: €84,908) were paid to MacLennan Ward Limited, a company in which the President Emeritus of the charity, Mr David Ward, is a director. Included within Other Debtors is an amount of €12,243 (2023: €12,041) owing from MacLennan Ward Limited.” — page 48

“Consultancy fees of €397,921 (2023: €371,824) and expenses reimbursed of €14,767 (2023: €17,666) were paid to ARW Media Ltd, a company in which the CEO of the charity, Mr Richard Woods, is a director. Mr Richard Woods was appointed as CEO from 1 February 2025.” — page 48

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2023) → 3 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Richard Woods — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Iain Cameron — Chairman (source)
Katie Baker — Director of Finance & Governance (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Bloomberg Philanthropies — “Becky Bavinger Bloomberg Philanthropies” (source page)
FIA Foundation — “Oliva Nalwadda Africa Region Advisor, FIA Foundation” (source page)
World Health Organization — “Dr Fangfang Luo Technical Officer on Safety and Mobility, WHO” (source page)

Electoral Commission register entries

Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.

Visit: Mr Barry Sheerman MP (MP - Member of Parliament) — £3k · 08/04/2018 · New York, USA · ref V0395351
Visit of international parliamentarians to the UN to debate global road safety issues.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£5.8m

Total spending

£5.5m

Reserves (reported)

£1.2m

Employees

2

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 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 (77% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr ADRIAN KEITH LUND
Dr Michiel Van Ratingen
Iain Cameron

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

Operates in: Germany · India · Malaysia · South Africa · Throughout England · Uruguay

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£5.8m	£5.5m
31/12/2023	£3.4m	£4.6m
31/12/2022	£4.7m	£4.4m
31/12/2021	£2.5m	£3.4m
31/12/2020	£3.6m	£3.1m

Common questions

Is GLOBAL NCAP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources for the year were €6.8m, with total expenditure of €6.5m, resulting in a net income of €329,929. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of €1.4m, which exceeds its designated reserve policy target of one year’s operating costs (€1.2m). The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

What does the highest-paid employee of GLOBAL NCAP earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the €150,001 - €160,000 band, and 3 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds GLOBAL NCAP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOBAL NCAP as a grant recipient include FIA FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
FIA FOUNDATION	FY2023	£152k	Global New Car Assessment Programme
FIA FOUNDATION	FY2023	£152k	Motorcycle ABS in Southeast Asia
FIA FOUNDATION	FY2023	£152k	UN Road Safety Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) Advocacy Campaign
FIA FOUNDATION	FY2023	£152k	Towards Zero Foundation
FIA FOUNDATION	FY2025	£106k	Motorcycle ABS in the ASEAN and Latin American regions

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
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST	1	£116k
SAFER ROADS FOUNDATION	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TYRESAFE.

TYRESAFE income £274k
SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT. income £2.8m
THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY income £350k
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TRUST FOR ROAD SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT income £148k
CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER TRANSPORT CHARITABLE TRUST income £819k
FIA FOUNDATION income £9.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GLOBAL NCAP	£5.8m	€150,001 - €160,000	3	above	—	no doubt
TYRESAFE FY2024	£274k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT. FY2024	£2.8m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY FY2025	£350k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TRUST FOR ROAD SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT FY2025	£148k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER TRANSPORT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£819k	£100,001 - £110,000	—	below	—	no doubt

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