The Noah Enterprise (New Opportunities and Horizons)

Analysis

The Noah Enterprise (New Opportunities and Horizons) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03248392). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Noah Enterprise (New Opportunities and Horizons) reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.2m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.6m to £1.9m (-26%), an average of -7.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Noah Enterprise (New Opportunities and Horizons) 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 The Lowdown (£1.9m), Changing Futures North East (£1.9m) and British Journal of Anaesthesia (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and donations and legacies 7.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £31k. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.4%. Reserves of £573k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 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.