THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 229229 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q24993905 · Wikipedia · also known as THE NATIONAL FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND · also registered in Scotland as SC044341 (OSCR)

We advance the study of nursing and promote excellence in nursing practice. We raise funds to provide scholarships for nurses and midwives, to study at home or abroad to provide innovation in practice, extend skills to meet changing needs.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROTECT AND PRESERVE PUBLIC HEALTH BY PROMOTING THE TRAINING OF NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS IN NURSING AND IN SUCH OTHER ASSOCIATED FIELDS OF STUDY AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FOUNDATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

Area of benefit: NATIONAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income fell by 21% to £3.9 million, primarily due to a reduction in restricted funding, while total expenditure decreased by 11% to £3.87 million. The charity closed the year with unrestricted reserves of £2.9 million, which the trustees note is 5.9 months above their stated policy target of nine months of operating costs. The auditor confirmed that 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

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Florence Nightingale Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 4.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Melloney Marina Caroline Poolechair
• Captain Julian Despres
• Catherine Maree Holliday
• Craig Alexander Watson
• Darren Mooten · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Adams
• Giuseppe Paulo Labriola
• Jandryle Umacob Trondillo
• Kay D'Cruz
• Margaret-Ann Hodge
• Professor Jacqueline Reilly
• Thomas David Bonham Carter

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE AID IN SICKNESS TRUST.

• THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE AID IN SICKNESS TRUST income £369k
• FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPICE CHARITY income £4.9m
• THE FOYLE FOUNDATION income £405k
• THE NIGHTINGALE FELLOWSHIP income £161k
• FERNDALE INTERNATIONAL income £45k
• THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE MUSEUM TRUST income £451k

Side by side with its peers

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