The Norwich Talking Newspaper

Analysis

The Norwich Talking Newspaper is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in September 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Norwich Talking Newspaper reported income of £19k and spending of £23k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £19k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 148% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Norwich Talking Newspaper sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Congo Free Poverty ( Congo Sans Pauvrete ) (£19k), Calderdale Deaf Association (£19k) and Antingham Village Hall (£19k).

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.