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Registered charity · London

Nabs

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £2.9m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
Where
Throughout England, Scotland
Website
www.nabs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Nabs
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£2.9m£3.2m
  • 2023£2.9m£3.6m
  • 2022£2.4m£3.5m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.5m£3.2m
  • 2020£1.9m£3.2m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE MARKETING SERVICES INDUSTRY (THE INDUSTRY) AND SUPPLIERS WHOSE BUSINESSES SPECIALISE IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE INDUSTRY AND ANY PERSONS WHO HAVE OR HAVE AT ANY TIME BEEN DEPENDENT UPON ANY PERSON ENGAGED IN THE INDUSTRY, FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES IN SUCH WAYS AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME, BY: (A) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; (B) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING; (C) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT; (D) THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED; (E) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE MARKETING, ADVERTISING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND HIGH PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS; (F) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE INDUSTRY.

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.

8 trustees on the board

8.9y median 7.5y
average tenure
25y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

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

Professional services 11Health and social care 10Tech and media 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.9m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

9.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 18.9 in 2020

33 from 37 in 2020
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
1070556
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26TH JUNE 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 OCT 2017
Companies House
Company number 03588945 · Active
Contact on the register
02072907070 · nabs@nabs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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