COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY - NORFOLK
COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY - NORFOLK WORKS WITH PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS AND OF NONE. IT SEEKS TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL, EMPOWERING AND AFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS AND EX-PRISONERS BOTH PRIOR TO DISCHARGE AND ON RELEASE, IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY SUCCESSFULLY RE-INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY, REALISE THEIR POTENTIAL AND NOT RETURN TO PRISON.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity held £58,604 in unrestricted reserves against a policy target of £42,000 (six months' budgeted expenditure). However, the trustees note that the charity's continuation beyond October 2026 depends on securing future grant funding, indicating a dependency on external sources.
What the accounts disclose
“The Charity has a policy of holding reserves at any one time amounting to 6 month’s budgeted expenditure.”
“At that point the Charity's continuation depends upon successful applications to grant-making trusts which are in the course of being made.”
Funders the charity credits
- Simon Gibson Charitable Trust
- NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - LOVE NORFOLK FUND 2026
- The Lady Hind Trust
- R C Snelling Charitable Trust
- The Albert Hunt Trust
- The Paul Bassham Trust
- The Oak Trust
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (25/04/2022)
Trustees
- Roy Burrowschair
- Christopher Anthony Hull
- Dorothy Margaret Wilson
- Joanna Gillies
- Paula Callam
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/07/2025 | £72k | £83k |
| 31/07/2024 | £120k | £102k |
| 31/07/2023 | £93k | £81k |
| 31/07/2022 | £63k | £64k |
| 31/07/2021 | £29k | £37k |
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY - NORFOLK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £58,604 in unrestricted reserves against a policy target of £42,000 (six months' budgeted expenditure). However, the trustees note that the charity's continuation beyond October 2026 depends on securing future grant funding, indicating a dependency on external sources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY - NORFOLK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY - NORFOLK as a grant recipient include Norwich Freemen's Charity, NORWICH CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES, THE HILDEN CHARITABLE FUND, THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich Freemen's Charity | FY2026 | £18k | Recruitment and training costs to secure additional volunteer mentors to support prison leavers |
| NORWICH CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES | FY2025 | £15k | Support for people leaving prison |
| THE HILDEN CHARITABLE FUND | FY2024 | £10k | |
| THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £8k | |
| THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £5k | 11% of the salary costs for a CIO supporting the rehabilitation and resettlement of prison‑leavers in Norfolk. |
| THE RANWORTH TRUST 1985 | FY2025 | £3k | Social and Welfare |
| THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST | FY2025 | £3k | Mount Fund - Homelessness |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 05/08/2025 | £18k | Community Lynn'ks |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/01/2024 | £17k | A Celebration of Hope |
| Postcode Lottery | 01/11/2023 | £20k | Unrestricted Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 07/10/2022 | £10k | Inside Stories |
| UK government | 01/10/2020 | £5k | DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 24/01/2020 | £10k | Both Sides of The Gate |