The Nesta Trust

Registered charity 1144683 Registered since 2011

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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£17.3m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

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.

Also active in the same field

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Lilian Faithfull Care Similar size; both Other purposes
The Football League (Community) Limited Similar size; both Other purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	nesta.org.uk
Email	information@nesta.org.uk
Phone	02074382500
Address	58, VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, London, London, EC4Y 0DS

Finances

£17,344,000 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£10,203,000	£29,317,000
2022	£9,537,000	£38,471,000
2023	£11,734,000	£26,552,000
2024	£16,359,000	£30,334,000
2025	£17,344,000	£35,756,000

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 FinanceOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE NESTA TRUST ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:9.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND IN PARTICULAR THE STUDY OF INNOVATION, BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF, IN: 9.1.1 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 9.1.2 THE ARTS; 9.1.3 THE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC SERVICES; 9.1.4 THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE; AND9.1.5 INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE. 9.2 TO ADVANCE:9.2.1 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;9.2.2 THE ARTS;9.2.3 THE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC SERVICES;9.2.4 THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR; AND9.2.5 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; AND(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".

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 22 SEP 2011AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 16/03/2016

Trustees (1)

Nesta since 2011

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