Norfolk Community Foundation

Analysis

Norfolk Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in August 2005, 21 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 05234236). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Norfolk Community Foundation reported income of £7.3m and spending of £7.6m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4.3m to £7.3m (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Norfolk Community 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 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fetal Medicine Foundation (£7.3m), Women and Girls Network (£7.3m) and The Steve Morgan Foundation (£7.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and investments 6.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.0m. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 5.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5.7m. Reserves of £948k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.