The Norden Farm Centre Trust Limited

Analysis

The Norden Farm Centre Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidenhead. It was registered in August 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02713653). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Norden Farm Centre Trust Limited reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.6m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £870k to £1.4m (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Norden Farm Centre Trust Limited 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Silver Society (£1.4m), National Centre for Writing (£1.5m) and Belarus Free Theatre (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 55%, trading 31%, donations and legacies 13% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 24%. Reserves of £548k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.