THE NORFOLK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST

Registered charity 274604 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activities of the Trust continue to be the management and conservation of the Trust's properties.

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Latest income

£171k

Latest spending

£177k

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a surplus on unrestricted activities of £14,840 before investment gains for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees confirm that free reserves amounted to £58,315, which is above the stated policy minimum of £50,000, and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Revenue grants DEFRA/Rural Payments Agency: Agri-environment schemes 22,950 - 22,950”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Jonathan Sisson FCAchair
Alan Staton
Andrew Rogerson · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Joanne Marie Lester
HENRY JOHN KILVERT
MATTHEW THOMAS MARTIN · trustee of 3 other charities
Nicholas David Balaam · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicholas Mark Lowe
Professor Elizabeth Mary Pye · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Owen Herbert Warnock
Simon Fowler · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£171k	£177k
31/03/2024	£283k	£259k
31/03/2023	£92k	£93k
31/03/2022	£98k	£129k
31/03/2021	£123k	£104k

Common questions

Is THE NORFOLK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a surplus on unrestricted activities of £14,840 before investment gains for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees confirm that free reserves amounted to £58,315, which is above the stated policy minimum of £50,000, and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/03/2023	£119k	"Norfolk Archaeological Trust: Its Centenary and Beyond"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/11/2017	£179k	"Upwards and onwards: creating a sustainable future for the Norfolk Archaeological Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/11/2016	£75k	"IMAGINED LAND: Exploring and celebrating the history on our doorstep"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/03/2016	£10k	"Burgh Castle Roman Fort: life outside the walls"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/09/2009	£723k	"St Benet's Abbey, Horning, Norfolk : Conservation, Access and Community."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/06/2002	£95k	"Conservation of Bloodgate Hill, South Creake, Norfolk"