NATIONAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES NETWORK

Registered charity 1199280 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

NEON promotes routes into, and success in, higher education by supporting organisations to work with all learners, especially those from under-represented groups and identifying, and researching, barriers to higher education and sharing potential solutions.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ROUTES INTO, AND SUCESS IN, HIGHER EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:1. SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS TO WORK WITH ALL LEARNERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS.2. IDENTIFYING, AND RESEARCHING, BARRIERS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, SHARING POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS AND PUBLISHING OR ENSURING THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY RESEARCH.

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 the charity achieved a financial surplus of £15,071 for the year, with total expenditure of £219,286. The trustees report that reserves remain strong at £95,000, which is in line with their agreed policy target of six months' running costs plus additional funds for planned expenditure.

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 5 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 handling
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Sir Les Ebdonchair
• Alex Holland-Leavens
• Chloe Riley
• Danielle Mannion
• Hannah Merry
• Jenny Shaw
• Karen Lipsedge
• Naomi Clements
• Nick Braisb
• Professor Peter John · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stacey Mottershaw

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

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

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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