Norfolk Mills and Pumps Trust

Analysis

Norfolk Mills and Pumps Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in February 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Norfolk Mills and Pumps Trust reported income of £35k and spending of £59k, spending 170% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £157k to £35k (-78%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Norfolk Mills and Pumps Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gillian Dickinson Trust (£35k), Henley Youth Festival Trust (£35k) and Great Corby Village Association (£35k).