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Nesta

Registered charity 1144091 Registered since 2011

Operates: Scotland

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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.

6 trustees on the board

2.7y median 3y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
14.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

6
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 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6General Charitable Purposes 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Professional services 18Finance 9Education 5

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£55.3m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

5.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 7.1 in 2021

512 from 277 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.
28%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.nesta.org.uk
Emailinformation@nesta.org.uk
Phone02074382500
Address58, Victoria Embankment, London, London, EC4Y ODS

Finances

£55,306,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£29,594,000£37,088,000
2022£21,614,000£41,611,000
2023£46,114,000£60,926,000
2024£52,412,000£65,727,000
2025£55,306,000£73,622,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:2.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND IN PARTICULAR THE STUDY OF INNOVATION, BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF, IN:2.1.1 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;2.1.2 THE ARTS;2.1.3 THE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC SERVICES;2.1.4 THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE; AND2.1.5 INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.2.2 TO ADVANCE:2.2.1 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY2.2.2 THE ARTS2.2.3 THE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC SERVICES2.2.4 THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR2.2.5 INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE WHICH(A) RELIEVES POVERTY(B) RELIEVES UNEMPLOYMENT(C) ADVANCES HEALTH(D) ADVANCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT(E) ADVANCES CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTTHROUGH OR BY ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING INNOVATION.THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS. CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.2.3 TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS RECOGNISED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND SCOTLAND.2.4 THROUGHOUT THESE ARTICLES A CHARITABLE PURPOSE IS A PURPOSE THAT IS REGARDED AS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES PROVIDED THAT IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE SYSTEM OF LAW GOVERNING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHARITY IS THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/07/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/07/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 22/07/2013NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23/01/2014NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 30/11/2015

Trustees (6)

6trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Nesta · 07706036 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/07/2011

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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