NORFOLK ORNITHOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 267670 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HBO, NOA

The objects of the Association are to advance the study of ornithology by acting as the parent body to the Holme Bird Observatory and to help engage as far as possible the full time service of a warden for the observatory.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£170k
Latest spending
£143k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £34,512 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £582,387. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis without noting any material uncertainties or significant risks to financial health.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£170k£143k
31/12/2023£109k£124k
31/12/2022£186k£96k
31/12/2021£357k£136k
31/12/2020£83k£87k

Common questions

Is NORFOLK ORNITHOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £34,512 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £582,387. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis without noting any material uncertainties or significant risks to financial health. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2024£3kGCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTS
UK government01/04/2024£3kALB - Rural Payments Agency - Farming Recovery Fund 2024-25
UK government01/04/2023£4kGCA PROG DEL RPA BPS DOMESTIC 16 OCT
UK government01/04/2023£10kGCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP
UK government01/04/2023£6kGCA DEL RPA UK ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
UK government01/04/2022£4kRPA BPS DOMESTIC
UK government01/04/2022£6kEnvironmental Stewardship Transferred to DEFRA NSA P2
UK government01/04/2021£5kALB - Rural Payments Agency - Exchq - BPS - NSA P1
The National Lottery Community Fund04/02/2010£9kWalsey Welcomes You
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/06/2006£50k"Access to Wildlife at Hempton Marsh Reserve"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/07/1999£38k"Hempton Marsh Nature Reserve, Fakenham"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORFOLK ORNITHOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION£170k0unclearno doubt
NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025£9.4m£80,001 - £90,000unclearno doubt
THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION FY2024£218k0unclearno doubt
ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2023£4.0munclearno doubt
SUFFOLK NATURALISTS' SOCIETY FY2025£438k0unclearno doubt
THE NORFOLK CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED FY2025£451k0unclearno doubt

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