CITY OF NORWICH ATHLETIC CLUB

Registered charity 1168190 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of amateur sport by promoting athletics for the benefit of the inhabitants of Norwich and the surrounding area. The provision of facilities for the coaching and performance of athletics for the benefit of the inhabitants of Norwich and the surrounding area with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT BY PROMOTING ATHLETICS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE COACHING AND PERFORMANCE OF ATHLETICS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS

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

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Registered contact address: Breckland, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£98k

Latest spending

£91k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that receipts totalled £98,128 against expenditure of £90,831, resulting in a surplus of £7,297 for the year. Year-end bank balances increased to £151,387, which the Board of Trustees considers to be a satisfactory financial position. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting six months of operating costs, currently valued at £62,166.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of operating costs (reserves figure: £151k)

“the club should maintain a minimum level of funds to cover its normal operating costs for a sixmonth period including event cancellations; this currently amounts to £62,166.”

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Investment
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)

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 126

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 104

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 96

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

Trustees · trustee networks

HUGH CARL McGILL · trustee of 1 other charity
Peter Mahoney
RICHARD BRUCE POLLEY
Sarah Elizabeth Thomas
TONY BRADFIELD

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£98k	£91k
31/12/2024	£77k	£64k
31/12/2023	£82k	£73k
31/12/2022	£70k	£67k
31/12/2021	£76k	£81k

Common questions

Is CITY OF NORWICH ATHLETIC CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that receipts totalled £98,128 against expenditure of £90,831, resulting in a surplus of £7,297 for the year. Year-end bank balances increased to £151,387, which the Board of Trustees considers to be a satisfactory financial position. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting six months of operating costs, currently valued at £62,166. 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
THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY	1	£110k
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£23k
THE PERSIMMON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£15k
The Teesside Charity	1	£9k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORWICH CITY COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION.

NORWICH CITY COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION income £6.4m
TEAM BATH ATHLETIC CLUB income £161k
NEWBURY ATHLETIC CLUB income £75k
CITY OF STOKE ATHLETICS CLUB income £53k
AMBER VALLEY AND EREWASH ATHLETIC CLUB income £51k
THE NORWICH SOCIETY CIO income £90k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CITY OF NORWICH ATHLETIC CLUB	£98k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORWICH CITY COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION FY2025	£6.4m	—	above	—	no doubt
TEAM BATH ATHLETIC CLUB FY2025	£161k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWBURY ATHLETIC CLUB FY2025	£75k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CITY OF STOKE ATHLETICS CLUB FY2024	£53k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AMBER VALLEY AND EREWASH ATHLETIC CLUB FY2025	£51k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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