The Norman Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Norman Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in May 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Norman Family Charitable Trust reported income of £438k and spending of £851k, spending 194% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £428k to £438k (+2.4%), an average of +0.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 161% 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 Family Charitable Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sylvia Wright Trust (£438k), Feast with US (£439k) and Options for International Health (£438k).

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.