The Norton-Freeman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Norton-Freeman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Norton-Freeman Charitable Trust reported income of £76k and spending of £141k, spending 186% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £8,244 to £76k (+817%), an average of +74% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 15911%. Over the whole period it spent 13% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Norton-Freeman Charitable Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zephyr's (£76k), Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund (£76k) and Nosson Tittain Foundation (£76k).