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Norfolk Museums Development Foundation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1158727NorwichArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£166k2025-03-31
Spending£223ksame year
Spent / received125%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2014Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Norfolk Museums Development Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09027498). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Norfolk Museums Development Foundation reported income of £166k and spending of £223k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £18k to £166k (+802%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 37815%. Over the whole period it spent 125% 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, Norfolk Museums Development Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Osyth Priory & Parish Trust (£166k), The Embroiderers' Guild (£167k) and York Army Museum (£166k).

Income and spending

£0£134k£268k£403k£537k2021 Income: £18,4472021 Spending: £1,84220212022 Income: £1,4162022 Spending: £503,47620222023 Income: £536,8702023 Spending: £201,32020232024 Income: £53,5152024 Spending: £38,95920242025 Income: £166,3892025 Spending: £222,6482025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

THE FOUNDATION ASSISTS NORFOLK MUSEUMS SERVICE AND ITS PARTNERS TO SECURE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE CARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE OUTSTANDING COLLECTIONS AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS CARED FOR BY THE SERVICE, AND TO DELIVER A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING EXTENSIVE FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING PROGRAMMES, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
St Osyth Priory & Parish TrustLondon£166k
The Embroiderers' GuildBucks£167k
York Army MuseumYo1 9sb£166k
The London Symphony ChorusLondon£167k