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Registered charity · Birmingham

National Governance Association

National Governance Association is a registered charity (number 1070331) based in Birmingham, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £3.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as NGA (Charity Commission)

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £3.4m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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People on this board also govern

Similar charities are matched by type of organisation or purpose and listed by latest income; shared trustees are formal board links. Neither is proof the organisations work together.

Public contracts won

2 contracts

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • National Governance Association Membership & eLearning Licences Buyer: Leicestershire County Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Membership subscription for the National Governance Association (NGA) for school and trust governance including access to the NGA eLearning training platform (Learning Link) for school governors. This will ensure Leicestershire schools and …

  • National Governance Association Buyer: Derbyshire County Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    The Education Improvement Core Support Package is an annual package that supports maintained schools and is funded via the de-delegated funding. As part of the package, maintained schools have access to governor support advice and guidance …

About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.nga.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
National Governance Association
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.4m£3.1m
  • 2024£3.3m£3.2m
  • 2023£2.9m£3.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.7m£2.4m
  • 2021£2.7m£2.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

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")

Board analysis

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

6.9y
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 10General Charitable Purposes 1Religious 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

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1070331
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 03549029 · Active
Contact on the register
01212373780 · LARA.ANGELL@NGA.ORG.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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