THE NORTHERN COLLEGE FOR RESIDENTIAL ADULT EDUCATION LIMITED

Registered charity 507245 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NORTHERN COLLEGE

To advance adult education, particularly by the provision, organisation and arrangement of full-time or part-time courses of study or educational research, whether or not leading to any formal qualifications

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the College generated an operating surplus of £188k and holds unrestricted reserves of £3,649k with no borrowings. However, the trustees report a material uncertainty regarding the College's ability to continue as a going concern due to ongoing merger discussions with Barnsley College which have not yet been formally agreed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → material uncertainty (FY2025).

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Akeroyd
• Laila Lawton

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

Operates in: Barnsley

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHERN BAPTIST COLLEGE LIMITED.

• NORTHERN BAPTIST COLLEGE LIMITED income £380k
• NORTHERN COLLEGE OF ACUPUNCTURE income £1.2m
• MORLEY COLLEGE LIMITED income £24.2m
• FIRCROFT COLLEGE OF ADULT EDUCATION income £3.0m
• THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC ENDOWMENT FUND income £4.0m
• NORTHERN CONSORTIUM income £8.8m

Side by side with its peers

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