SPIRIT OF NORMANDY TRUST

Registered charity 1038121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

BENEVOLENCETo provide financial assistance for veterans of the three Services who served in Normandy, France during WW2 and their dependants who are in need.EDUCATIONTo increase the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the general public concerning those events leading up to and beyond the Normandy Campaign and their historical significance.

Objects

TO APPLY THE INCOME AND CAPITAL FOR OR TOWARDS THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OF VETERANS OF THE THREE SERVICES WHO ARE IN NEED AND THEIR DEPENDANTS AND IN THE INCREASE OF KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE EVENTS LEADING UPTO AND CULMINATING IN THE NORMANDY LANDINGS IN JUNE 1944 AND THEIR HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£123k

Latest spending

£121k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £87,741 at the year end, which the Trustees consider to be above the minimum satisfactory operating reserve. The charity reports a net decrease in funds of £1,450 for the year, driven largely by investment revaluation losses, but maintains adequate resources to fulfill its obligations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Regimental Support Services (19% of income)

“Regimental Support Services 23,000” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: minimum level agreed by the Trustees as a satisfactory operating reserve (reserves figure: £88k)

“The Trustees are resolved to ensure that income is expended upon the objects of the Trust, have an established reserves policy and are satisfied that sufficient reserves exist for this purpose.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £20,400 — grants £20,400 (2); 29% of the £70,469 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £14,400 — grants £14,400 (3); 38% of the £37,700 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Spirit of Normandy Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

RICHARD STANLEY PALUSINSKI MBEchair
ANGELA KATY TAIT
Barry Firth MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
EMMA SIMONS
FLAMINIA Gold
Frances Marie Bernadette Bradshaw
MARK WARING
PETER LANKESTER
SIMON ANTHONY DEVENISH MBE

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£123k	£121k
05/04/2024	£70k	£68k
05/04/2023	£38k	£40k
05/04/2022	£60k	£56k
05/04/2021	£12k	£6k

Common questions

Is SPIRIT OF NORMANDY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £87,741 at the year end, which the Trustees consider to be above the minimum satisfactory operating reserve. The charity reports a net decrease in funds of £1,450 for the year, driven largely by investment revaluation losses, but maintains adequate resources to fulfill its obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	1	£250k
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£248k
THE RANWORTH TRUST 1985	1	£50k
THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£30k
THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY	1	£30k
THE R C SNELLING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
Norwich Freemen's Charity	1	£22k
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION	1	£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NORMANDY MEMORIAL TRUST LTD.

THE NORMANDY MEMORIAL TRUST LTD income £1.3m
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST income £233k
THE ROSALYN AND NICHOLAS SPRINGER CHARITABLE TRUST income £78k
NORWICH SAMARITANS income £300k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST income £384k
SOUTH NORMANTON COMMUNITY CHURCH income £166k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SPIRIT OF NORMANDY TRUST	£123k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE NORMANDY MEMORIAL TRUST LTD FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST FY2025	£233k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROSALYN AND NICHOLAS SPRINGER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£78k	—	below	—	no doubt
NORWICH SAMARITANS FY2025	£300k	—	below	—	no doubt
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£384k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.