Wensum Residents Association

Analysis

Wensum Residents Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in December 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Wensum Residents Association reported income of £18k and spending of £18k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £30k to £18k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wensum Residents Association sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Syed Khawarzami Welfare Trust (£18k), The Rifle Hall Trust (Halesworth) (£18k) and Broughton Catholic Charitable Society (£18k).