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Burnham Overy Harbour Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 287315NorfolkEnvironment and conservation
Income£22k2025-12-31
Spending£308ksame year
Spent / received135%5-year average
Size in its cause60th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered1983Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Burnham Overy Harbour Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in June 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Burnham Overy Harbour Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £308k, spending 1406% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £16k to £22k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 994%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Burnham Overy Harbour Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dorset Family History Society (£22k), Cambrian Railways Society Limited (£22k) and Kingfishers Bridge Wetland Creation Trust (£22k).

Income and spending

£0£77k£154k£231k£308k2021 Income: £16,0592021 Spending: £10,82620212022 Income: £15,0362022 Spending: £9,23120222023 Income: £18,8672023 Spending: £9,48920232024 Income: £206,4162024 Spending: £37,68420242025 Income: £21,9322025 Spending: £308,4252025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Maintenance and management of the environment of the harbour area and salt marshes of Burnham Overy Staithe.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Dorset Family History SocietyPoole£22k
Cambrian Railways Society LimitedOswestry£22k
Kingfishers Bridge Wetland Creation TrustKings Lynn£22k
Friends of St Ruan and St Grade Historic Church BuildingsCornwall£22k