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Registered charity · Norwich

The Forum Trust Limited

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £3.7m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Norfolk
Website
www.theforumnorwich.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Forum Trust Limited
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.7m£4.9m
  • 2024£3.5m£4.4m
  • 2023£3.4m£4.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.1m£3.7m
  • 2021£2.2m£3.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR STUDY, LEARNING AND TRAINING BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MILLENNIUM LIBRARY AND OTHER LIBRARIES AND OUTREACH FACILITIES, BY THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF CHARITABLE SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN OR PROVIDED AT THE MILLENNIUM BUILDING BY THE CHARITY AND BY THE BUILDING'S OTHER OCCUPIERS AND BY THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ART GALLERIES, MUSEUMS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND OTHER SIMILAR RESOURCES FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MILLENNIUM BUILDING IN NORWICH WHICH SHALL INCLUDE: (1) THE MILLENNIUM LIBRARY REFERRED TO ABOVE (11) A LEARNING CENTRE PROVIDING TRAINING, ADVISORY AND INFORMATION SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORWICH, NORFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (111) A HERITAGE ATTRACTION PRESENTING THE HISTORY OF NORWICH, NORFOLK AND THE REGION INCORPORATED WITH A TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE INTO A VISITOR CENTRE (IV) A MULTI MEDIA AUDITORIUM DESIGNED FOR EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PURPOSES (V) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES, WHICH THE CHARITY MAY PROMOTE AND DEVELOP (B) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF NORFOLK AND NORWICH INCLUDING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MILLENNIUM BUILDING: (1) A COVERED FORUM OR CIVIC MEETING PLACE (11) AN EXTERNAL PUBLIC SQUARE (C) ANY OTHER SIMILAR CHARITABLE OBJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF NORFOLK AND NORWICH AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT.

Grants received

9 grants · £246,457 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £214,812 (6 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £31,645 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £59,3202024-11-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £90,0002016-06-30
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,5002015-02-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £5,0002008-11-06
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £7,6502008-03-19
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6.6y median 8y
average tenure
17y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (5)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 8General Charitable Purposes 2Accommodation/housing 1Recreation 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 11Other services 8Arts and leisure 5

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.7m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.1 in 2021

50 from 44 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1074619
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19TH NOVEMBER 1997, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 14TH DECEMBER 1998
Companies House
Company number 03470398 · Active
Contact on the register
01603 727950 · info@theforumnorwich.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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