The Norton Foundation

Analysis

The Norton Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Norton Foundation reported income of £153k and spending of £117k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £158k to £153k (-3.3%), an average of -0.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 159% 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 Norton Foundation sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start Blackmore Vale (£153k), Mimansa Foundation Trust (£153k) and Shri Guru Ravidass Sangat Luton Bedfordshire (£152k).