NORWICH PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 258440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To preserve for the benefit of the people of Norwich, Norfolk and the nation land and buildings of especial beauty or especial historic or architectural interest.This primary object is achieved by working with local authorities, statutory bodies, grant and loan giving agencies to take on, restore, repair and refurbish buildings at risk to bring them back into beneficial use.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF NORWICH AND OF THE NATION, THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF NORWICH IN BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY STRUCTURE OR ERECTION, AND ANY PART OF A BUILDING AS SO DEFINED) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · 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 charity reported a net incoming resource of £76,405 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven primarily by rental income of £117,116. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds total £961,492, significantly exceeding the stated reserves policy target of approximately £8,450. The trustees confirm sufficient resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management

Property (HM Land Registry)

18 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen John Earl MBEchair
• Councillor Christopher Douglas Smith
• Councillor Gary Christopher Champion
• Councillor JUDITH ELIZABETH LUBBOCK
• Councillor Matthew Lewis Fulton-McAlister
• JANET EVERIL KING
• MATTHEW THOMAS MARTIN · trustee of 3 other charities
• ROBERT GEOFFREY ROSE
• RODERICK EOIN NIALL QUINN · trustee of 1 other charity

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 THE NORWICH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED.

• THE NORWICH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED income £321k
• NORFOLK RIVERS TRUST income £2.8m
• THE NORFOLK CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED income £451k
• TYNE AND WEAR BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £1.1m
• NORFOLK HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST income £157k
• YORK CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £4.4m

Side by side with its peers

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