Norton Hall Children and Family Centre

Analysis

Norton Hall Children and Family Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05052641). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Norton Hall Children and Family Centre reported income of £997k and spending of £1.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £697k to £997k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Norton Hall Children and Family Centre 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emmaus Hampshire (£997k), Ner Yisroel Educational Trust (£997k) and Kupath Gemach Trust (£997k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 67% and donations and legacies 33%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.0%. Reserves of £257k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.