THE NATIONAL LAND BASED COLLEGE

Registered charity 1164698 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our primary goal is to engage land based industries far more in education, training, skills development and careers promotion and guidance across the land based sector. Importantly, the National College will look to work with existing initiatives and organisations, providing guidance, adding value and stimulating the development of new joint working, collaborations and partnerships.

Objects

4.1 THE COMPANY?S OBJECT(S) (?THE OBJECTS?) ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF FOR THE BENEFIT OF LAND BASED INDUSTRIES:4.1.1 THE CREATION AND/OR DISSEMINATION OF INNOVATION;4.1.2 THE DEVELOPMENT, CO-ORDINATION AND DELIVERY OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES;4.1.3 THE PROMOTION AND FACILITATION OF KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES;4.1.4 THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A REGISTER OR REGISTERS OF LAND BASED INDUSTRIES PROFESSIONALS;4.1.5 THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROVISION OF ACCREDITATION SERVICES FOR AWARDS AND QUALIFICATIONS;4.1.6 THE OFFERING OF COURSES AND PROGRAMMES LEADING TO AWARDS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF THE COMPANY AND/OR OTHERS; 4.1.7 THE PROVISION OF SERVICES OF ALL TYPES TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROVIDERS; AND4.1.8 TO APPLY FOR AND MAINTAIN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF ITS STATUS AS A NATIONAL COLLEGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA WHICH MAY BE SET FROM TIME TO TIME BY GOVERNMENT (PROVIDED THAT THE DIRECTORS CONSIDER THAT SUCH STATUS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMPANY AND ITS OBJECTS).

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £123,554 to £75,277 due to a net expenditure of £48,277 against incoming resources of £35,739. The charity holds no restricted funds and has no stated reserves policy target. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Irena Payne
• Charles Matts
• David Phillips
• Julie Milburn
• Marcus Philip Clinton · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD WILLIAM LONGTHORP
• RUSSELL MARCHANT
• Simon Gadd · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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