Norwich City Community Sports Foundation

Analysis

Norwich City Community Sports Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in August 2001, 25 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04100611). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Norwich City Community Sports Foundation reported income of £6.4m and spending of £6.2m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4.6m to £6.4m (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Norwich City Community Sports Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Springhill Hospice (Rochdale) (£6.4m), Maudsley Charity (£6.4m) and The Connection at St Martin-In-The-Fields (£6.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70% and donations and legacies 27%. Charitable activities took 68% of spending and raising funds 5.7%. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 118 people.