The Greens Norton Village Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Greens Norton Village Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Towcester. It was registered in February 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Greens Norton Village Charitable Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £32k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £485k to £20k (-96%), an average of -55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 577%. Over the whole period it spent 18% 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, The Greens Norton Village Charitable Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coombe Community Trust (£20k), Bardney Village Hall and Playing Field (£20k) and Otley Choral Society (£20k).

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.