The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

National Governance Association

Registered charity 1070331 Registered since 1998

Operates: Throughout England

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

3.1y median 2.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 18Hospitality 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.7 in 2021

43 from 41 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.nga.org.uk
EmailLARA.ANGELL@NGA.ORG.UK
Phone01212373780
AddressNational Governance Association, 102 Colmore Row, BIRMINGHAM, B3 3AG

Finances

£3,355,365 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,679,629£2,357,547
2022£2,691,479£2,412,073
2023£2,856,564£3,212,239
2024£3,305,568£3,229,840
2025£3,355,365£3,080,841

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL WELFARE OF CHILDREN THROUGH (A) THE PROMOTION OF HIGH STANDARDS IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; AND(B) THE RAISING OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNING BODIES OF SUCH INSTITUTIONS ("GOVERNING BODIES") BY THE PROVISION OF RELEVANT INFORMATION, ADVICE AND TRAINING TO SUCH GOVERNING BODIES, AND TO MEMBERS THEREOF ("GOVERNORS")

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/04/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/04/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/11/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/01/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/06/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/06/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 DEC 2016 as amended on 10 Jan 2022 as amended on 12 Nov 2022 as amended on 17 Nov 2023 as amended on 20 Nov 2025

Trustees (10)

10trustees
63median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

National Governance Association · 03549029 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/04/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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