Northern Consortium

Analysis

Northern Consortium is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02788226). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Northern Consortium reported income of £8.8m and spending of £8.9m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.0m to £8.8m (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Northern Consortium sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stover School Association (£8.8m), Ies London the London Centre of the Institute for the International Education of Students (Illinois) Limited (£8.8m) and Fairley House School (£8.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £194k. Reserves of £3.6m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.