NICODEMUS

Registered charity 1170143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

NICODEMUS WORKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE MARGINALISED AND LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY IN THE UK AND GUATEMALA. WE PROVIDE TAILOR-MADE SOLUTIONS FOR YOUTH TO RESCUE FIRSTLY, THEN RESTORE AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES LIVING ON THE STREETS, HOMELESS AND/OR IN EXTREME POVERTY. WE EQUIP AND EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH OUR TRANSFORM YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME & PROVIDE MENTOR TRAINING TO MANY ORGANISATIONS.

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Latest income
£126k
Latest spending
£125k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small net surplus of £3,606 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £17,218. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy targeting 2-4 months of costs, and the current balance falls within this stated range. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 2-4 months' costs value in cash availability (held: £17k)
“Our reserves policy is for us to operate within a range of 2-4 months' costs value in cash availability. We expect to average 3 months' costs throughout a year.” — page 32
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Aggregate donations of £11,500 (2023: £46,700) were made by the Trustees and their related parties to the charity during the year.
“Aggregate donations of £11,500 (2023: £46,700) were made by the Trustees and their related parties to the charity during the year.” — page 44
“During the year, the charity paid services of £33,671 (2023: £37,299) to children of the trustees.” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: During the year, the charity paid services of £33,671 (2023: £37,299) to children of the trustees.
“Aggregate donations of £11,500 (2023: £46,700) were made by the Trustees and their related parties to the charity during the year.” — page 44
“During the year, the charity paid services of £33,671 (2023: £37,299) to children of the trustees.” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Guatemala · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£126k£125k
31/12/2024£150k£147k
31/12/2023£133k£139k
31/12/2022£184k£202k
31/12/2021£331k£326k

Common questions

Is NICODEMUS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small net surplus of £3,606 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £17,218. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy targeting 2-4 months of costs, and the current balance falls within this stated range. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NICODEMUS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NICODEMUS as a grant recipient include THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, SPEARS-STUTZ CHARITABLE TRUST, BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATION, THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATION, THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£5kPoverty
SPEARS-STUTZ CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATIONFY2024£5k
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kWorking with Street children in Nicaragua
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
SEEDFIELD TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
SEEDFIELD TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£2k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUSTFY2025£2kFoundation Grants
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATIONFY2024£2kPart time staff to support work with vulnerable children & young people
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£2k
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUSTFY2023£1k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELANDFY2022£1kProject Grants
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2024£500Social Welfare
BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATIONFY2025—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/07/2018£8kSpecialist Youth Mentoring in Banbury

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Caring for Communities and People.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NICODEMUS£126k—0within—no doubt
Caring for Communities and People FY2026£13.0m——above—no doubt
PATCHWORK PROJECT FY2025£263k—0unclear—no doubt
MIFAL TZEDOKO V'CHESED LIMITED FY2025£8.7m—0unclear—no doubt
ENYP FY2024£209k—0below—no doubt
NETHERLEY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVE LIMITED FY2025£687k—0below—no doubt

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