National College for Digital Skills

Registered charity 1158399 Registered since 2014

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

4 trustees on the board

Nicholas Wilcock Chair since 2015
Christopher Cherry since 2025
Gillian Lancaster since 2025
Mark Smith since 2016

5.8y median 5.5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Nicholas Wilcock Chair since 2015
Mark Smith since 2016

22.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Christopher Cherry since 2025
Gillian Lancaster since 2025
Mark Smith since 2016

Portfolio (1)

Nicholas Wilcock Chair since 2015

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 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 6Arts and leisure 1Manufacturing 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£5.4m 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.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.0 in 2021

54 from 24 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.

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

Northwood African Education Foundation 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK Similar size; both Education
The National Youth Agency Similar size; both Education
Brown University Charitable Trust Similar size; both Education
Rydal Penrhos Limited Similar size; both Education
Quaker International Educational Trust (Quiet) Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.ada.ac.uk
Email	mark@ada.ac.uk
Phone	02031050125
Address	1 Sutherland Street, London, United Kingdom, SW1V 4LD

Finances

£5,421,229 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,891,962	£1,953,939
2022	£2,452,860	£2,611,065
2023	£2,448,931	£3,266,049
2024	£5,822,230	£4,410,879
2025	£5,421,229	£5,472,982

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ON THE SUBJECT OF COMPUTING AND RELATED DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ESTABLISHING AND SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WHICH TEACH COMPUTING AND RELATED DISCIPLINES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/11/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/04/2014AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29/04/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/06/2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 29/01/2015

Trustees (4)

4trustees

59median age

0aged 70+

Nicholas Wilcockage band 60-64 Chair since 2015
Christopher Cherryage band 55-59 since 2025
Gillian Lancasterage band 60-64 since 2025
Mark Smithage band 45-49 since 2016

Linked company (Companies House)

National College for Digital Skills LTD. · 08763964 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 06/11/2013

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Northwood African Education Foundation 1 shared trustee

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