Norman Collinson Charitable Trust

Analysis

Norman Collinson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in August 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, 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 December 2025, Norman Collinson Charitable Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £47k, spending 207% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £24k to £22k (-8.3%), an average of -2.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 254% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Norman Collinson Charitable Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ward Buddies (£22k), Chittagong Welfare Trust UK (Cwtuk) (£22k) and Drayton Action for Health (£22k).

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.