Registered charity · London
Nacro
- 11 trustees
- Income £90m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nicholas Lionel HardwickChair · since 2022
- Amanda Mary DickensTrustee · since 2022
- Anne FrostTrustee · since 2020
- Felicity OswaldTrustee · since 2023
- Maneer AfsarTrustee · since 2023
- Melanie WalkerTrustee · since 2023
- Mian LangellierTrustee · since 2023
- Neil SpenceTrustee · since 2019
- Philippa OldmeadowTrustee · since 2024
- Shamaila Farrah MailkTrustee · since 2021
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Joanne Harper.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.nacro.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Nacro
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£90m£90m
- 2024£77m£77m
- 2023£69m£70m
Earlier years
- 2022£67m£66m
- 2021£61m£59m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 100%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE CARE AND RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS, AND THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING, AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS;2. TO FURTHER AND PROMOTE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS AND METHODS OF THE PREVENTION OF CRIME, SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND DELINQUENCY AND TO OBTAIN AND MAKE RECORDS OF AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SAME;3. TO PROVIDE, PROMOTE, SUPPORT OR ORGANISE THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF ANY OFFENDER, AND THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING, AND TO ASSIST THEM IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT AND ACCOMMODATION AND TO REHABILITATE THEMSELVES4. TO PROMOTE SUPPORT OR CARRY ON EITHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY OTHER BODY AUTHORITY OR PERSON ANY PROJECT OR SCHEME IN CONNECTION WITH ANY METHODS OF THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND TO PROVIDE MONEY FOR SUCH PURPOSES WHETHER BY LOAN OR OTHERWISE.
Grants received
53 grants · £18,162,155 total360Giving 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
- Department for Education · £10,617,971 (6 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,601,985 (17 grants)
- Northern Rock Foundation · £2,215,443 (7 grants)
- Sport England · £286,519 (7 grants)
- Virgin Money Foundation · £123,585 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Education
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Nicholas Lionel Hardwick Chair since 2022
- Amanda Mary Dickens since 2022
- Anne Frost since 2020
- Felicity Oswald since 2023
- Joanne Harper since 2025
- Maneer Afsar since 2023
- Melanie Walker since 2023
- Mian Langellier since 2023
- Neil Spence since 2019
- Philippa Oldmeadow since 2024
- Shamaila Farrah Mailk since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Anne Frost since 2020
- Neil Spence since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Amanda Mary Dickens since 2022
- Anne Frost since 2020
- Felicity Oswald since 2023
- Maneer Afsar since 2023
- Melanie Walker since 2023
- Mian Langellier since 2023
- Neil Spence since 2019
- Philippa Oldmeadow since 2024
- Shamaila Farrah Mailk since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Nicholas Lionel Hardwick Chair since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 226171
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4/2/1925, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 19/10/1960, 11/3/1966, 8/4/1972, 20/9/1974, 21/7/1975, 20/7/1977, 15/11/1999, AND 13/12/2004. as amended on 24 Jul 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 00203583 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0300 123 1889 · anna.barker@nacro.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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