Duncan Norman Trust Fund

Analysis

Duncan Norman Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Duncan Norman Trust Fund reported income of £33k and spending of £38k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £28k to £33k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Duncan Norman Trust Fund sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Reeves Charitable Trust (£33k), Farmacy Green Foundation (£33k) and Shropham Recreation Ground and Village Hall (£33k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.