THE NORFOLK CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 271176 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£451k
Latest spending
£410k
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £47,534 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £2,133,265. The Honorary Treasurer described the financial position as 'looking healthy' during the Annual General Meeting. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,033,265, which the trustees indicated are sufficient to honour grant commitments.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £2.0m)
He took questions regarding grant commitments and clarified the Trust’s policy on reserves to honour these. — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Norfolk Churches Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£542k
Total spending
£571k
Cost of raising funds
£118k
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~42.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£451k£410k
31/03/2024£492k£356k
31/03/2023£494k£451k
31/03/2022£542k£571k
31/03/2021£321k£301k

Common questions

Is THE NORFOLK CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £47,534 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £2,133,265. The Honorary Treasurer described the financial position as 'looking healthy' during the Annual General Meeting. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,033,265, which the trustees indicated are sufficient to honour grant commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE NORFOLK CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NORFOLK CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include The John Gurney Charitable Trust, THE R C SNELLING CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND), THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/12/2016£248k"Saving All Saints Snetterton"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/03/2014£240k"Urgent repairs to nave, porch and chancel roofs to All Saints Church, Cockthorpe"

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