NATIONAL ASSISTANCE FUND

Registered charity 1181336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education by the provision of assistance to any qualifying educational charitable body.The furtherance of any charitable purpose or charitable purposes relating to or connected with Brethren which the directors may from time to time in their absolute discretion select.

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

Latest income

£43.4m

Latest spending

£43.9m

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased to £16,881,517 from £17,362,677 in the prior year, resulting in a net expenditure for the period. The trustees confirm that reserves are held in cash and investments to meet ongoing commitments, noting that the level of reserves is considered adequate based on current activity. The auditor has confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: UBT (EU) Limited (63% of income)

“Donations received from UBT (EU) Limited 27,000,000” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of the Fund’s operational and grant-making expenditure (held: £16.9m)

“The trustees consider that, based on current activity, the level of reserves should be equivalent to three months of the Fund’s operational and grant-making expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£43.4m

Total spending

£43.9m

Reserves (reported)

£16.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

CHARLES ERNEST BEDFORDchair
Clive Andrew Pavey
DEAN ANTHONY BOWIE
Mark Ian Hynd
SIMON FRANK RICH

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£43.4m	£43.9m
31/12/2024	£41.8m	£35.8m
31/12/2023	£34.2m	£34.2m
31/12/2022	£33.5m	£29.7m
31/12/2021	£12.5m	£5.0m

Common questions

Is NATIONAL ASSISTANCE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased to £16,881,517 from £17,362,677 in the prior year, resulting in a net expenditure for the period. The trustees confirm that reserves are held in cash and investments to meet ongoing commitments, noting that the level of reserves is considered adequate based on current activity. The auditor has confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

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 MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION	1	£1.2m
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ASSIST FUND.

THE ASSIST FUND income £1.1m
STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £1.0m
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.0m
THE PURI FOUNDATION income £5.3m
UK FUND FOR CHARITIES income £4.6m
THE CENTRE FOR SPECIALIST EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE income £159k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE FUND	£43.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ASSIST FUND FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2025	£1.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PURI FOUNDATION FY2025	£5.3m	—	above	—	no doubt
UK FUND FOR CHARITIES FY2025	£4.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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