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THE NORFOLK AND NORWICH ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

Registered charity 207060 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NNAB, THE NORFOLK & NORWICH ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, THE NORWICH INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND, Vision Norfolk

Provide accommodation and care, a community visiting service and educational and recreational facilities to blind and partially sighted people in Norfolk.

Objects

The object of the Charity is to relieve the needs of vision impaired people of all ages, primarily but not exclusively living in Norfolk, to support and enable them to live independent and fulfilled lives.

Area of benefit: NORWICH OR ELSEWHERE IN NORFOLK.

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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Merged into VISION NORFOLK (charity 1206599) — merger registered 25/08/2026.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£0
Latest spending
£0
Registered
1964

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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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 75
  • Government income: £25,633 — grants £25,633 (7); 2% of the £1,107,234 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 75
  • Government income: £28,302 — grants £28,302 (8); 1% of the £2,395,618 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 120
  • Government income: £871,400 — contracts £792,565 (1), grants £78,835 (3); 12% of the £7,188,809 total gross income on the same return

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£50k
Reserves (reported)
£582k
Employees
33

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.5% of total income.

Register events

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£0£0
31/03/2024£1.1m£1.4m
31/03/2023£2.4m£2.2m
31/03/2022£7.2m£2.6m
31/03/2021£2.2m£2.5m

Common questions

Who funds THE NORFOLK AND NORWICH ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NORFOLK AND NORWICH ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND as a grant recipient include NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021£20kTo enhance and expand delivery of the telephone befriending service "Telefriends".

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2019£95kNNAB Building Connections App
The National Lottery Community Fund28/04/2006£4kComputer update