THE NORWICH SOCIETY CIO

Registered charity 1189593 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To encourage high standards of architecture and town planning in Norwich To stimulate public interest in and care for the beauty, history and character of the City and its surroundings To encourage the preservation, development and improvement of features of general public amenity or historic interest.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS BY CHARITABLE MEANS BUT NOT OTHERWISE:1. TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND CARE FOR THE BEAUTY, HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF NORWICH AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.2. TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF GENERAL PUBLIC AMENITY OR HISTORIC INTEREST IN NORWICH AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.3. TO ENCOURAGE HIGH STANDARDS OF ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING IN NORWICH AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.TO FURTHER THESE OBJECTS BY MEANS OF MEETINGS, EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, PUBLICATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLICITY, BY CO- OPERATION WITH OTHER BODIES, AND BY PROMOTION OF SCHEMES OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£90k

Latest spending

£37k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Society ended the year with total reserves of £87,442, a significant increase from £35,027 in the previous year, driven largely by two legacies totaling £55,001. The filing notes that the Society is in a strong financial position with cash at bank of £85,565, despite a deficit before legacies of £2,586 caused by lower publications income and an unexpected Civic Voice subscription.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership fees (55% of income)

“Membership fees continued to represent the Society’s main source of income. Total membership income for the year was £19,163”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
Investment
Risk management
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: 20

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

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jonathan Jay Boonchair
Alan Theobald
Benjamin Wade
Brian Horner
Dr David John Taylor
John Howkins
Michael Jordan
Simeon Jackson

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£90k	£37k
31/12/2024	£41k	£47k
31/12/2023	£40k	£55k
31/12/2022	£26k	£26k
31/12/2021	£21k	£34k

Common questions

Is THE NORWICH SOCIETY CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Society ended the year with total reserves of £87,442, a significant increase from £35,027 in the previous year, driven largely by two legacies totaling £55,001. The filing notes that the Society is in a strong financial position with cash at bank of £85,565, despite a deficit before legacies of £2,586 caused by lower publications income and an unexpected Civic Voice subscription. 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 PAUL BASSHAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£17k
Norwich Freemen's Charity	1	£10k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHWICH AND DISTRICT YOUTH CENTRE CIO.

NORTHWICH AND DISTRICT YOUTH CENTRE CIO income £41k
CITY OF NORWICH ATHLETIC CLUB income £98k
THE FRIENDS OF NORWICH SCHOOL income £47k
NORWICH PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £119k
NORTHWAY DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £252k
NORWICH ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE NORWICH SOCIETY CIO	£90k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHWICH AND DISTRICT YOUTH CENTRE CIO FY2025	£41k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CITY OF NORWICH ATHLETIC CLUB FY2025	£98k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF NORWICH SCHOOL FY2025	£47k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORWICH PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£119k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHWAY DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£252k	—	0	above	—	noted

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