National Centre for Writing

Analysis

National Centre for Writing is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05242876). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, National Centre for Writing reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.5m (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, National Centre for Writing sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Norden Farm Centre Trust Limited (£1.4m), Foundation For Future London (£1.5m) and The Silver Society (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, donations and legacies 11% and trading 7.8%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.5%. Reserves of £192k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.