NORFOLK ORNITHOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 267670 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7051077 · Wikipedia · 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.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE STUDY AND SCIENCE OF ORNITHOLOGY BY ACTING AS THE PARENT BODY TO HOLME BIRD OBSERVATORY AND HELP ENGAGE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE THE FULL TIME SERVICE OF A WARDEN FOR THE OBSERVATORY.

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.

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Registered contact address: King's Lynn and West Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £39,780 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £622,393. The trustees consider their free reserves of £482,819 to be sufficient to meet future commitments and maintain operational resilience. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees expressing a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in existence 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 5 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• BIRD OBSERVATORIES COUNCIL — “WITH HUGE THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT BIRD OBSERVATORIES COUNCIL” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr STEPHEN PETER NEWMAN MA,MSC,PHDchair
• Barrie Stephen Hunt
• DAVID GAMBLE FCA
• Dr Jeremy Martin Brown
• Edward Franklyn Tooth
• Gregory John Sinfield
• Lucy Ferrer
• MICHAEL CRAIG RAE
• Roger Quentin Skeen

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHROPSHIRE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2005.

• SHROPSHIRE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2005 income £52k
• SUSSEX ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £60k
• HAMPSHIRE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £67k
• LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £31k
• THE NORFOLK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST income £171k
• THE AMATEUR ENTOMOLOGISTS' SOCIETY income £95k

Side by side with its peers

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