National Centre For Universities and Business

Analysis

National Centre For Universities and Business is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03465914). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, National Centre For Universities and Business reported income of £2.9m and spending of £3.1m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.6m to £2.9m (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, National Centre For Universities and Business sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community First (£2.8m), The Productivity Group (£3.0m) and Canopi Foundation (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88% and donations and legacies 12%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.5%. Reserves of £852k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 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.