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THE NUFFIELD TRUST FOR RESEARCH AND POLICY STUDIES IN HEALTH SERVICES

Registered charity 209169 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NUFFIELD HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES FUND, NUFFIELD TRUST

The objects of The Nuffield Trust for Research & Policy Studies in Health Services are to promote, carry out or advance any charitable objects, and in particular the prevention or relief of sickness and the advancement of the health of the people of the United Kingdom, specifically through the promotion of improvements in the quality of healthcare and health policy.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.6m
Latest spending
£5.3m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £111,168,000, driven by a significant surplus in investment gains. The charity maintains free reserves of £1,675,000, which the trustees consider within the agreed target band to meet foreseeable needs. The filing confirms no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £190,000 - £200,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“£190,000 to £200,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.7m; policy: £1,800,000)
“Current ‘free reserves’ (being the total of ‘Short term deposits’ and ‘Cash and bank and in hand’) are £1,675,000 and are within the target band.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Nuffield Trading Limited
“The Trust holds a wholly owned trading subsidiary, Nuffield Trading Limited, which historically carried out non-charitable trading activity for the Trust. At the end of the September 2019 financial year, the decision to absorb these activities into the Charity as non-primary purpose income was made and the subsidiary has since moved to a dormant status.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Corporate structure

NUFFIELD TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • No specific intra-group transactions or balances are disclosed; the company is dormant.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£3.6m
Total spending
£5.3m
Cost of raising funds
£564k
Reserves (reported)
£111.2m
Employees
44

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (76% 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: 15.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£3.6m£5.3m
30/09/2024£4.0m£5.1m
30/09/2023£4.0m£5.3m
30/09/2022£4.1m£4.9m
30/09/2021£3.7m£4.6m

Common questions

Is THE NUFFIELD TRUST FOR RESEARCH AND POLICY STUDIES IN HEALTH SERVICES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased to £111,168,000, driven by a significant surplus in investment gains. The charity maintains free reserves of £1,675,000, which the trustees consider within the agreed target band to meet foreseeable needs. The filing confirms no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE NUFFIELD TRUST FOR RESEARCH AND POLICY STUDIES IN HEALTH SERVICES earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £190,000 - £200,000 band.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£1.5m
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£1.1m
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION1£55k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST1£14k
THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELD1£7k
MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION1£4k
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust1£700

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE NUFFIELD TRUST FOR RESEARCH AND POLICY STUDIES IN HEALTH SERVICES£3.6m£190,000 - £200,000—below—no doubt
STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND FY2025£930k—0above—no doubt
NUFFIELD HEALTH FY2025£1484.7m——unclear—no doubt
WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£315k—0unclear—no doubt
BRADFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025£357k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DORSET HEALTH TRUST LIMITED FY2025£187k—0unclear—no doubt

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