Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals Charity

Analysis

Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals Charity reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.0m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.1m (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals Charity sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hospice of the Valleys (£2.1m), Help to Create Hope Trust (£2.1m) and The Music Works (Charity) (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78%, investments 14%, trading 4.2% and charitable activities 2.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £805k. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 20%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.4m. Reserves of £300k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.