NORFOLK MILLS AND PUMPS TRUST

Registered charity 1033274 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NORFOLK WINDMILLS TRUST

The activities of the trust are the preservation of;a) Windmills, watermills & windpumps of interest or the sites and remains of former windmills, windpumps & watermills b) Machinery for milling corn, saw milling, grist milling, paper milling & other similar industrial purposes or pumping water however powered; buildings & machinery ancillary to and occupied with such mills, sites or machinery.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION (INCLUDING MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE OF: A) WINDMILLS, WATERMILLS AND WINDPUMPS OF BEAUTY OR HISTORIC INTEREST OR THE SITES AND REMAINS OF FORMER WINDMILLS, WINDPUMPS AND WATERMILLS; B) MACHINERY FOR MILLING CORN, SAW MILLING, GRIST MILLING, PAPER MILLING AND OTHER SIMILAR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES OR PUMPING WATER HOWSOEVER POWERED; C) BUILDINGS AND MACHINERY ANCILLARY TO AND OCCUPIED WITH SUCH MILLS, SITES OR MACHINERY.

Area of benefit: NORFOLK

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted general fund stood at £639,291, with total net assets of £744,118. The trustees report that they intend to use substantially all income towards preservation work annually and have no plans to build up general reserves. The charity relies heavily on government grants and donations, with significant investment property holdings valued at £560,000.

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What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Risk management
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• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony White
• Dr Keith Philip Bacon · trustee of 2 other charities
• Graham Robert Plant · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nigel Brennan
• Phillip Duigan

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NORFOLK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST.

• THE NORFOLK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST income £171k
• NORTH LEVERTON WINDMILL TRUST income £17k
• STOTFOLD MILL PRESERVATION TRUST income £168k
• NORFOLK RIVERS TRUST income £2.8m
• NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £7.3m
• WILLESBOROUGH WINDMILL TRUST LIMITED income £31k

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