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National Fire Chiefs Council Limited

11 trustees
Income £13m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does: Other Charitable Purposes
Where: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website: www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: National Fire Chiefs Council Limited
Registered: 1999

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£13m£12m
2024£11m£11m
2023£12m£13m

Earlier years

2022£12m£12m
2021£8.1m£7.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 58%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. The NFCC’s Objects (the ‘Objects') are:• to lead, co-ordinate and support effective prevention, protection and emergency response – locally and nationally – to reduce the loss of life, personal injury and damage to property and the environment which can arise from fire, accident, major incidents and other emergencies;• to support fire and rescue services in transforming their role to meet changing demands and resources for the benefit of the society;• to promote effective service delivery working with partner organisations, governments, international partners and private sector bodies, and the community; and• to maximise the effectiveness of the UK fire and rescue services in saving lives and increasing public safety by representing the professional voice of the United Kingdom’s fire and rescue services; to share knowledge and learning nationally and internationally.

Grants received

6 grants · £36,973,470 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Home Office · £36,911,228 (5 grants)
Road Safety Trust · £62,242

Most recent

Home Office £6,919,6212024-08-19
Home Office £6,708,7992024-08-19
Home Office £8,707,5882021-06-08
Home Office £6,075,2202021-06-08
Home Office £8,500,0002020-04-01

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.

11 trustees on the board

1.7y median 1y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

6.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

Aidan Patrick Jennings since 2024
David Francis Stout since 2022

company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 11Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Public administration 11Other services 3Health and social care 2

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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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£12.7m latest income

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.

2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.8 in 2021

121 from 7 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: 1074071
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 DECEMBER 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 NOVEMBER 2000, 27 APRIL 2002, 01 MAY 2004, 30 APRIL 2005, 30 JULY 2008 & CERT OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16 AUGUST 2004AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/01/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 SEP 2016 AS AMENDED ON 12 OCT 2017 AS AMENDED ON 29 SEP 2021 AS AMENDED ON 02 MAR 2022AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 SEP 2022 as amended on 24 Sept 2025 as amended on 24 Sept 2025
Companies House: Company number 03677186 · Active
Contact on the register: 01213807311 · nfccadminsupport@nationalfirechiefs.org.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels: Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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