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The Norfolk Initiative Steiner School

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1099377NorwichEducation and training
Income£746k2025-07-31
Spending£852ksame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause93rd pctEducation and training
Registered2003Charitable company
Employees25latest return

Analysis

The Norfolk Initiative Steiner School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04815492). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Norfolk Initiative Steiner School reported income of £746k and spending of £852k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £491k to £746k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Norfolk Initiative Steiner School 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Links Bromley (£746k), Shadwell Childcare Limited (£747k) and The Tiffin School Foundation (£745k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and donations and legacies 3.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £242k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.

Income and spending

£0£213k£426k£639k£852k2021 Income: £491,0842021 Spending: £542,75420212022 Income: £660,2132022 Spending: £591,80320222023 Income: £781,8182023 Spending: £675,68620232024 Income: £732,6582024 Spending: £773,42720242025 Income: £746,1372025 Spending: £852,3952025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 3.4%
  • Charitable activities 96%
  • Investments 0.4%

In the charity's own words

Advancement of education based on Steiner Waldorf pedagogy, philosophy, curriculum & teaching approach, with emphasis on the development of the whole child: spiritual, physical & emotional wellbeing & social development as well as academic progress.Kindergarten for 3-6 year olds, lower school for 6-13 and upper school for 13-18 (increasing to 19) year olds, offering the Steiner School Certificate.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Community Links BromleyBromley£746k
Shadwell Childcare LimitedLeeds£747k
The Tiffin School FoundationKingston Upon Thames£745k
Guides CymruWales£747k