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.

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

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.

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 4.8 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 5.2%) (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

Common questions

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 FORUM @ GREENWICH.

• THE FORUM @ GREENWICH income £461k
• THE ROUNDHOUSE TRUST income £16.6m
• BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £39.1m
• GLASSHOUGHTON COMMUNITY FORUM LIMITED income £176k
• FORUM FOR THE FUTURE income £6.9m
• THE FAITH & BELIEF FORUM income £921k

Side by side with its peers

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