NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE TRAINING OF JOURNALISTS

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Azets

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors are satisfied that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE TRAINING OF JOURNALISTS · parent
   1. NCTJ Training Limited 100% · provides training courses and examinations to the journalism industry

Significant events

• “Artificial intelligence: leading on AI in journalism by embedding it into training, skills and standards, qualifications, and NCTJ operations”
• “Accreditation: accrediting more courses to meet the growing demand for NCTJ-trained and qualified journalists”
• “Journalism Skills Academy: developing the JSA into a professional and profitable training hub for working journalists and employers”
• “The Meta-funded Community News Project (CNP) concluded in December 2024, marking one of NCTJ's most successful partnership initiatives.”
• “NCTJ launched a new phase of the CNP, recruiting six community reporters on two-year contracts.”
• “The fourth edition of the Journalists at Work report, published in September 2024, provided comprehensive information about the UK journalism workforce.”
• “NCTJ strengthened its infrastructure and systems to improve efficiency and resilience”
• “During the year, NCTJ's chairman, Kim Fletcher, stepped down after two decades of service.”
• “The charity decided to appoint editorial and media business leader Sue Brooks as its new chair.”
• “Alexandra Gear succeeded Tom Dixon-Ramsey as head of finance and IT in November 2024.”
• “Rob Gray succeeded Naomi Rowe as head of awarding in April 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +3.7%

  £1,339,505 → £1,389,712

• Cash

  -14.1%

  £2,369,701 → £2,036,596

• Net assets

  -5%

  £3,161,883 → £3,004,726

• Employees

  -44.4%

  9 → 5

• Operating profit

  +6.1%

  £157,281 → £166,923

• Wages

  -11.6%

  £910,618 → £804,591

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers