National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited

Registered charity 1181128 Registered since 2018

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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

Ceris Mary Gardner Chair since 2018
David Harley Athol Rowe since 2019
Holly Kathleen Welch since 2024
Vivien Mary Gould since 2019

6y median 7y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Ceris Mary Gardner Chair since 2018
David Harley Athol Rowe since 2019
Vivien Mary Gould since 2019

16.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Vivien Mary Gould since 2019

Portfolio (3)

Ceris Mary Gardner Chair since 2018
David Harley Athol Rowe since 2019
Holly Kathleen Welch since 2024

company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 3Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Finance 14Professional services 3Health and social care 2

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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

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incomespending£225.4m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.1 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.

Related organisations

NPT Transatlantic Limited 2 shared trustees

Connected through a shared trustee

Philanthropy Impact 1 shared trustee
Crimestoppers Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation Similar size; both General purposes
Founders Pledge Ltd Similar size; both General purposes
Southampton ROW Trust Limited Similar size; both General purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.nptuk.org
Email	enquiries@nptuk.org
Phone	0800 133 7540
Address	Withers LLP, Third Floor, 20 Old Bailey, LONDON

Finances

£225,406,809 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£52,431,316	£9,401,703
2022	£40,692,505	£9,747,314
2023	£29,357,715	£16,985,786
2024	£109,755,449	£27,485,202
2025	£225,406,809	£44,403,998

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 AUG 2018 as amended on 23 Aug 2019 as amended on 02 Jul 2021

Trustees (4)

4trustees

68median age

1aged 70+

Ceris Mary Gardnerage band 70-74 Chair since 2018
David Harley Athol Roweage band 65-69 since 2019
Holly Kathleen Welchage band 50-54 since 2024
Vivien Mary Gouldage band 65-69 since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited · 11542102 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 29/08/2018

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

NPT Transatlantic Limited 2 shared trustees
Philanthropy Impact 1 shared trustee
Crimestoppers Trust 1 shared trustee

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