NORFOLK MUSEUMS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1158727 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE FOUNDATION ASSISTS NORFOLK MUSEUMS SERVICE AND ITS PARTNERS TO SECURE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE CARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE OUTSTANDING COLLECTIONS AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS CARED FOR BY THE SERVICE, AND TO DELIVER A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING EXTENSIVE FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING PROGRAMMES, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE ARTS, HISTORY AND SCIENCE, BY WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH NORFOLK MUSEUMS SERVICE AND OTHER PARTNER ORGANISATIONS TO DELIVER PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS.

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · 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 Foundation's financial position remains strong, with total net assets of £1,715,796 as of 31 March 2025. The Trustees confirmed that the majority of funds held are restricted, resulting in very modest free reserves, and consequently, no specific reserves policy is currently stated. The audit concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MA Partners Audit LLP. Discloses 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09027498

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Norfolk Museums Development Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HORDERN, James Hugh, Dr — director, appointed 12/05/2026not on trustee list
• WATERS, Alan Henry — director, appointed 12/05/2026not on trustee list
• SAUL, Nancy Catherine Iliff — director, appointed 12/05/2026not on trustee list
• HEMEN, Alexandra — director, appointed 22/04/2022on trustee list
• SWEETING, Tim Joseph — director, appointed 11/11/2014on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Caroline Elizabeth — director, appointed 11/11/2014on trustee list
• WILSON, Helen Rosemary — director, appointed 11/11/2014not on trustee list
• CHESSUM, Donna Lee — director, appointed 11/11/2014on trustee list
• MISSEN, David Christopher — director, appointed 11/11/2014on trustee list
• STEED, Sarah Jane — director, appointed 11/11/2014on trustee list
• MISSEN, David — secretary, appointed 20/11/2018

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~35.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Hemen
• Caroline Elizabeth Williams
• DAVID CHRISTOPHER MISSEN
• Donna Lee Chessum
• HELEN WILSON ROSEMARY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Jane Steed
• TIM JOSEPH SWEETING

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 NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

• NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £7.3m
• THE NORFOLK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST income £171k
• NORFOLK HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST income £157k
• THE NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £25k
• North East Museums Development Trust income £551k
• SHERINGHAM MUSEUM NORFOLK TRUST LTD income £66k

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