NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1161156 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support projects or activities that make Northumberland National Park and it's environs more accessible to people of all ages and abilities for the purposes of leisure and recreation.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£103k
Latest spending
£169k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased significantly to £10,424, while restricted funds increased to £133,032, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(66,256). The Trustees confirm that the current unrestricted reserves are considered sufficient to cover liabilities for the coming year due to closely managed costs and administrative support provided free of charge by the Northumberland National Park Authority.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£103k£169k
31/08/2024£173k£175k
31/08/2023£160k£77k
31/08/2022£347k£402k
31/08/2021£51k£102k

Common questions

Is NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased significantly to £10,424, while restricted funds increased to £133,032, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(66,256). The Trustees confirm that the current unrestricted reserves are considered sufficient to cover liabilities for the coming year due to closely managed costs and administrative support provided free of charge by the Northumberland National Park Authority. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£4k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East19/03/2026£10kGrant to Northumberland National Park Foundation
Community Foundation North East15/05/2024£50kGrant to Northumberland National Park Foundation
UK government01/04/2024£69kGCA DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP FACILITATION FUND
Community Foundation North East16/03/2023£4kGrant to Northumberland National Park Foundation
Community Foundation North East31/03/2022£15kA grant to Northumberland National Park Foundation

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION£103k—0within—no doubt
NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM FY2024£102k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHUMBERLAND FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£679k—0above—no doubt
NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARK TRUST FY2025£131k—0above—no doubt
PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION FY2024£754k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHUMBERLAND WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£5.5m—0unclear8.0%no doubt

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