The Norland Foundation

Analysis

The Norland Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in October 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11077904). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Norland Foundation reported income of £6.7m and spending of £6.5m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £4.7m to £6.7m (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Norland Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Petrocs (£6.6m), Global Charities (£6.8m) and Bid Services (£6.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 0.5% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £5.3m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 89 people.