EVELYN NORRIS TRUST

Registered charity 260078 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARMONY HOUSE

To provide grants for the purpose of rest, convalescence and recuperative holidays for members of the concert and theatrical professions.

Objects

(1) IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY INDIGENT MEMBERS OF THE CONCERT AND THEATRICAL PROFESSIONS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OF PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OF FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS, (2) PAY FOR SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES BY WAY OF DONATIONS OR SUBSCRIPTIONSTO INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROVIDE OR UNDERTAKE TO PROVIDE SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£74k
Latest spending
£63k
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £1,389,890, driven by a net movement in funds of £178,704 which included significant gains on investment assets. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £468,465 and maintains an endowment fund with a stated established value of £333,616. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The charity is a member of the Combined Theatrical Charities’ Appeals Council, a registered charitable organisation. One trustee represents the charity at meetings of the Council. During the year the charity received £15,000 (2024: £18,000) from the Council as a share of donations collected in an appeal known as ‘Acting for Others’.
“The charity is a member of the Combined Theatrical Charities’ Appeals Council, a registered charitable organisation. One trustee represents the charity at meetings of the Council. During the year the charity received £15,000 (2024: £18,000) from the Council as a share of donations collected in an appeal known as ‘Acting for Others’.” — page 9
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.

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: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 10/01/2024, 71 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£74k£63k
31/12/2024£145k£75k
31/12/2023£57k£93k
31/12/2022£83k£77k
31/12/2021£30k£37k

Common questions

Is EVELYN NORRIS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased to £1,389,890, driven by a net movement in funds of £178,704 which included significant gains on investment assets. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £468,465 and maintains an endowment fund with a stated established value of £333,616. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EVELYN NORRIS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EVELYN NORRIS TRUST as a grant recipient include ACTING FOR OTHERS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ACTING FOR OTHERSFY2025£15k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION1£2k
LONDON CATALYST1£2k
MOYNITRUST1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ERIC STANTON- NORTHAMPTON TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EVELYN NORRIS TRUST£74k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ERIC STANTON- NORTHAMPTON TRUST FY2026£35k—0below—no doubt
THE VENIK TRUST FY2025£938k—0unclear—no doubt
LIEBENROOD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£57k——unclear—no doubt
NINETEEN EIGHTY NINE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£3.0m—0above—no doubt
ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£398k—0unclear—no doubt

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