National Examining Board for Dental Nurses

Analysis

National Examining Board for Dental Nurses is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05580200). It says it sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending February 2025, National Examining Board for Dental Nurses reported income of £2.8m and spending of £2.6m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £2.8m (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, National Examining Board for Dental Nurses 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 Global Schools Forum (£2.8m), Agored Cymru (£2.8m) and University of Derby Students' Union (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 4.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.