NORMAN GARON TRUST

Registered charity 1120656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORMAN GARON TRUST LIMITED

Grant making.

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Latest income
£3.7m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the group held unrestricted reserves of £5,814,687 at year-end, generating a surplus of £257,187. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting the greater of 6 months income or 6 months overheads and committed grants to mitigate temporary income loss. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: the greater of 6 months income or 6 months overheads and committed grants (held: £5.8m)
“Reflecting the long term nature of the trustee investment portfolio, the trustees believe that sufficient resources should be retained equivalent to the greater of 6 months income or 6 months overheads and committed grants at any time, to mitigate any temporary loss of income.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Edmund Carr LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£3.7m
Total spending
£3.3m
Cost of raising funds
£110k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
47

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£3.7m£3.3m
31/12/2024£3.2m£2.9m
31/12/2023£2.8m£2.8m
31/12/2022£2.8m£2.5m
31/12/2021£2.2m£1.8m

Common questions

Is NORMAN GARON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the group held unrestricted reserves of £5,814,687 at year-end, generating a surplus of £257,187. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting the greater of 6 months income or 6 months overheads and committed grants to mitigate temporary income loss. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Edmund Carr LLP.

Who funds NORMAN GARON TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORMAN GARON TRUST as a grant recipient include ESSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ESSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCILFY2022£175kDonation to Norman Garon Grants Fund (Note 24)
ESSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCILFY2022£155kDonation to Capital Development Fund
ESSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCILFY2022£20kDonation to Norman Garon Grants Fund

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORMAN GARON TRUST£3.7m—0unclear—no doubt
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL ENGINEERS CENTRAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE GRANT FOUNDATION FY2024£185k—0within—no doubt
RATANBEN ZAVERCHAND KARA FOUNDATION FY2025£162k—0above—no doubt
THE ZOCHONIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.3m—0above—no doubt

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