01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 23 March 1993
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 02788226
- Financial period
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Latest income
- £8,769,185
- Latest expenditure
- £8,882,325
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 667-669 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, MANCHESTER, M12 4QE
Website recorded by the regulator: www.nccharity.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Northern Consortium funds a range of educational activities in addition to research, with a focus on UK students from under-represented backgrounds. NC's subsidiary, NCUK Ltd provide high-quality educational programmes to support international students' progression to university.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 May 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 May 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £8,769,185
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,882,325
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 May 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £7,575,806
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,682,234
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 June 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £6,601,234
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,748,263
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 May 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,881,027
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,455,494
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 June 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £4,971,068
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,740,027
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 19 May 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £8,769,185
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,882,325
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 12 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £7,575,806
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,682,234
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 11 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £6,601,234
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,748,263
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 9 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,881,027
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,455,494
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 14 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £4,971,068
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,740,027
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 19 May 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 8672710
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 82885
- Income Other
- 13590
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 8769185
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £8,882,325
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 8882325
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 194241
- Expenditure Governance
- 85246
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 7831077
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 26191
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,590,457
- Assets Total Fixed
- 866139
- Assets Own Use
- 866139
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,022,586
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,298,268
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,590,457
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1289179
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 9089
- Assets Cash
- £3,153,085
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3590457
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 3590457
- Count Employees
- 1
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 12 May 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 7486986
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 88820
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 7575806
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £7,682,234
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 7682234
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 133873
- Expenditure Governance
- 101845
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 6763238
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 27169
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 712571
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,703,597
- Assets Total Fixed
- 126914
- Assets Own Use
- 126914
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,741,792
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,165,109
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,703,597
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1157016
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 8093
- Assets Cash
- £4,024,088
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3703597
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 3703597
- Count Employees
- 1
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 11 June 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 6542942
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 23285
- Income Other
- 35007
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 6601234
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £6,748,263
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 6748263
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 135674
- Expenditure Governance
- 87096
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 5955104
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 25864
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- -147762
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,103,343
- Assets Total Fixed
- 42194
- Assets Own Use
- 42194
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -706682
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,189,729
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,421,898
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,103,343
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1411568
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 10330
- Assets Cash
- £4,662,525
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2396661
- Funds Restricted
- 706682
- Funds Total
- 3103343
- Count Employees
- 1
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 9 May 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 5828373
- Income Investments
- 1800
- Income Other
- 50854
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5881027
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £5,455,494
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 5455494
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 36376
- Expenditure Governance
- 83976
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 4688213
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 17567
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- -409018
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,597,709
- Assets Total Fixed
- 39454
- Assets Own Use
- 39454
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -827871
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,427,008
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,508,675
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,129,916
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1499078
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 9597
- Assets Cash
- £4,926,922
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2302045
- Funds Restricted
- 827871
- Funds Total
- 3129916
- Count Employees
- 1
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 14 June 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 4938148
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 3812
- Income Other
- 29108
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4971068
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,740,027
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4740027
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 70000
- Expenditure Governance
- 73228
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 3973476
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 22422
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 25171
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,187,081
- Assets Total Fixed
- 27854
- Assets Own Use
- 27854
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -410627
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,889,239
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,319,385
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,187,081
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1314340
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 5045
- Assets Cash
- £4,783,546
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3597708
- Funds Restricted
- -410627
- Funds Total
- 3187081
- Count Employees
- 1
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- NORTHERN CONSORTIUM
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1993-03-23T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/02/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/01/2005NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14/02/2013 as amended on 07 Sep 2017 as amended on 04 Apr 2019 as amended on 19 Oct 2020 as amended on 17 Nov 2020 as amended on 15 Sep 2021 as amended on 25 Sept 2025 as amended on 25 Sept 2025
- Charitable Objects
- The advancement of education in particular but not limited to: 1. Administering or procuring, directly or indirectly, education projects and training programmes;2. Running, funding or supporting collaborative teaching projects with both UK and overseas educational institutions or other organisations attended by students from the UK or overseas, making further or higher education more accessible for students from different backgrounds and geographical locations;3. Providing bursaries, scholarships, counselling, placements, training opportunities or other support to UK or overseas students who are either disadvantaged (financially or otherwise) or from under-represented groups.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 141126
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- NCUK
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures