THE FORUM TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1074619 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORFOLK AND NORWICH MILLENNIUM COMPANY LIMITED

Management of the landmark Forum building. Staging of events for the public as well as being a venue for other organisations to put on exhibitions and events with a focus on science, technology, learning and community.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR STUDY, LEARNING AND TRAINING BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MILLENNIUM LIBRARY AND OTHER LIBRARIES AND OUTREACH FACILITIES, BY THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF CHARITABLE SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN OR PROVIDED AT THE MILLENNIUM BUILDING BY THE CHARITY AND BY THE BUILDING'S OTHER OCCUPIERS AND BY THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ART GALLERIES, MUSEUMS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND OTHER SIMILAR RESOURCES FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MILLENNIUM BUILDING IN NORWICH WHICH SHALL INCLUDE: (1) THE MILLENNIUM LIBRARY REFERRED TO ABOVE (11) A LEARNING CENTRE PROVIDING TRAINING, ADVISORY AND INFORMATION SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORWICH, NORFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (111) A HERITAGE ATTRACTION PRESENTING THE HISTORY OF NORWICH, NORFOLK AND THE REGION INCORPORATED WITH A TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE INTO A VISITOR CENTRE (IV) A MULTI MEDIA AUDITORIUM DESIGNED FOR EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PURPOSES (V) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES, WHICH THE CHARITY MAY PROMOTE AND DEVELOP (B) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF NORFOLK AND NORWICH INCLUDING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MILLENNIUM BUILDING: (1) A COVERED FORUM OR CIVIC MEETING PLACE (11) AN EXTERNAL PUBLIC SQUARE (C) ANY OTHER SIMILAR CHARITABLE OBJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF NORFOLK AND NORWICH AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NORWICH, NORFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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 achieved an unrestricted operating surplus of £307,162 for the year, leading to an increase in unrestricted reserves to £4,124,310. The trustees and auditor confirm that the group has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 64.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN ANTHONY FRYchair
• ANDREW JONATHAN BARNES · trustee of 2 other charities
• Benjamin Stopher
• CAROLINE JARROLD · trustee of 2 other charities
• Christopher Maw · trustee of 2 other charities
• David John Merrick
• Jennifer-Florence Autumn Knight · trustee of 1 other charity
• Oliver Tim Pritchard
• Professor Catherine Teresa Richardson
• SUSAN ELIZABETH GUEST
• Timothy John Statham · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

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• Jennifer-Florence Autumn Knight — trustee here and at ANGUISH'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HONORARY TREASURERS FORUM.

• THE HONORARY TREASURERS FORUM income £39k
• FORUM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED income £462k
• THE SOCIAL MARKET FOUNDATION income £1.1m
• FLUTE THEATRE income £73k
• FORUM FOR THE FUTURE income £6.9m
• GLASSHOUGHTON COMMUNITY FORUM LIMITED income £176k

Side by side with its peers

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