THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Registered charity 313392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N F E R, NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
The Foundation conducts research in all or any matters affecting education,widely disseminates the results of and related services educational research and collects and exchanges educational ideas, especially related to research.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3.9m for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £21.2m. The trustees confirm that free reserves of approximately £16m exceed the stated policy target of £4.5m to £9m, and the going concern basis is adopted 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 HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Luke Bocock — Research Director (source)
- Jude Hillary — Co-Head of Policy and Practice (source)
- Michael Scott — Senior Economist (source)
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.
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.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reserves (reported)
£21.2m
Reported reserves equal ~11.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (30/07/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- LORNA COCKING BA DLchair
- Andrew Murphy
- DAVID MADOC-JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
- David Tidd
- Donya Rose
- Dr Christopher Tomlinson
- Fiona Capstick
- Karen Linda Kroger
- Melvyn Keen · trustee of 2 other charities
- Paul James
- Professor Michael Donald Day
- Samuel Macdonald
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Australia · Hong Kong · Kenya · Mozambique · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United States
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3.9m for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £21.2m. The trustees confirm that free reserves of approximately £16m exceed the stated policy target of £4.5m to £9m, and the going concern basis is adopted with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES as a grant recipient include THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION, MISSION44.
Known funders
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