Community Action Norfolk

Analysis

Community Action Norfolk is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in July 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03190820). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Action Norfolk reported income of £559k and spending of £575k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £843k to £559k (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Action Norfolk sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Skylark Church (£559k), Wafa Relief (£560k) and Hackney Doorways (£558k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, donations and legacies 21% and trading 6.6%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £261k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 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.