# THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 313392
- **Other names:** N F E R, NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 3, 1965
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=313392


## Contact

- **Address:** NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL, THE MERE, UPTON PARK, SLOUGH
- **Postcode:** SL1 2DQ
- **Phone:** 01753637168
- **Email:** enquiries@nfer.ac.uk
- **Website:** http://www.nfer.ac.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO CONDUCT RESEARCH IN MATTERS AFFECTING EDUCATION AND TO LIAISE ADVISE AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION THEREON

**Activities:** The Foundation conducts research in all or any matters affecting education,widely disseminates the results of and related services educational research and collects and exchanges educational ideas, especially related to research.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Australia
- Hong Kong
- Kenya
- Mozambique
- Netherlands
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £19214000 | £22857000 | £21212000 | 373 |
| March 31, 2024 | £21793000 | £25207000 | £25118000 | 408 |
| March 31, 2023 | £21396000 | £24932000 | £24306000 | 595 |
| March 31, 2022 | £19509000 | £21363000 | £13011000 | 363 |
| March 31, 2021 | £15772000 | £18605000 | £9255000 | 343 |



## Trustees

- **LORNA COCKING BA DL** (Chair) — appointed July 8, 2015
- Andrew Murphy — appointed Nov. 5, 2025
- DAVID MADOC-JONES — appointed July 27, 2018
- David Tidd — appointed Nov. 5, 2025
- Donya Rose — appointed Jan. 5, 2023
- Dr Christopher Tomlinson — appointed Nov. 5, 2025
- Fiona Capstick — appointed Aug. 13, 2018
- Karen Linda Kroger — appointed March 6, 2023
- Melvyn Keen — appointed July 8, 2015
- Paul James — appointed June 24, 2022
- Professor Michael Donald Day — appointed March 19, 2018
- Samuel Macdonald — appointed Nov. 5, 2025