The Norman Collisson Foundation

Analysis

The Norman Collisson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bicester. It was registered in May 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Norman Collisson Foundation reported income of £121k and spending of £499k, spending 411% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £108k to £121k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 194% 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 Norman Collisson Foundation sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Neath Port Talbot Shopmobility Scheme (£121k), Help for Health (£121k) and The Neuroanaesthesia & Critical Care Society (£121k).