THE GENERAL NURSING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND AND WALES TRUST

Registered charity 288068 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's main activities include the following:1. Advancing the science and art of nursing;2. Advancing the better education and training of student nurses training for a statutory nursing qualification and the further education and training of Registered Nurses;and3. Promoting research and investigation into matters relating to nursing.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£94k

Latest spending

£101k

Registered

1983

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £226,491, while the charity incurred a net expenditure of £46,581 due to investment losses and grant commitments. The trustees intend to utilize these reserves to maintain their annual grants policy of approximately £120,000 despite the fall in investment income. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: around £120,000 per annum (held: £226k)

“it is our intention to call upon some of these reserves as necessary in the light of our fall in investment income so that we can maintain our total grants policy of around £120,000 per annum.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Florence Nightingale Foundation — “We do this by funding research and through travel scholarships offered in partnership with the Florence Nightingale Foundation.” (source page)
National Institute for Health Research — “The General Nursing Council Trust is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) non-commercial Partner.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Catherine Florence Panel-Coates · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Anne E Topping
Professor Arlene Wellman MBE
Professor Brigid Catherine Kent
Professor Daniel Martin Kelly OBE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£94k	£101k
31/03/2024	£98k	£150k
31/03/2023	£94k	£137k
31/03/2022	£90k	£137k
31/03/2021	£94k	£131k

Common questions

Is THE GENERAL NURSING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND AND WALES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £226,491, while the charity incurred a net expenditure of £46,581 due to investment losses and grant commitments. The trustees intend to utilize these reserves to maintain their annual grants policy of approximately £120,000 despite the fall in investment income. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.