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NACRO

Registered charity 226171 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE AND RESETTLEMENT OF OFFENDERS

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Latest income
£90.3m
Latest spending
£90.5m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Nacro reported a total comprehensive income surplus of £1.1m for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a £1.1m actuarial gain on its pension scheme liabilities. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £11.1m, which is within the charity's stated target range of £12.3m plus or minus 10%. The charity holds £10.9m in liquid cash and has no loan financing facilities in place.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £12.3m +/- 10% (held: £11.1m)
“The Finance and Audit Committee have reviewed the workings in detail and recommended that a reserves target of £12.3m +/- a range of 10% is appropriate for the Charity as at 31 March 2025. As at 31 March 2025, reserves stood at £11.3m. Reserves are therefore within the target.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£90.4m
Total spending
£90.5m
Reserves (reported)
£11.1m
Employees
873

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£90.3m£90.5m
31/03/2024£77.0m£77.3m
31/03/2023£68.7m£69.7m
31/03/2022£66.8m£65.8m
31/03/2021£60.7m£59.0m

Common questions

Is NACRO financially healthy?

The accounts state that Nacro reported a total comprehensive income surplus of £1.1m for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a £1.1m actuarial gain on its pension scheme liabilities. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £11.1m, which is within the charity's stated target range of £12.3m plus or minus 10%. The charity holds £10.9m in liquid cash and has no loan financing facilities in place. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/01/2014£10k"Life of a Roman soldier in Northern England"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/09/2010£22k"Nacro Young Roots - Rochdale Canal Watch"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/03/2006£25k"Life thru' a Lens"