National Learning and Work Institute

Analysis

National Learning and Work Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in May 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02603322). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, National Learning and Work Institute reported income of £5.1m and spending of £5.2m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £5.5m to £5.1m (-8.0%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, National Learning and Work Institute sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shulem B. Association Limited (£5.1m), Tikva UK (£5.1m) and Action with Communities in Rural England (Acre) (£5.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and investments 7.5%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.8m. Reserves of £10.1m would cover about 23 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.