National College for Digital Skills

Analysis

National College for Digital Skills is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in United Kingdom. It was registered in August 2014, 12 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 08763964). It says it provides services, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, National College for Digital Skills reported income of £5.4m and spending of £5.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £5.4m (+187%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, National College for Digital Skills sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 BRS Education Limited (£5.4m), Gads Hill School (£5.4m) and The National Youth Agency (£5.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 37%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £443k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 54 people.