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Registered charity · Norwich

The Benjamin Foundation

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £8.7m (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Accommodation/housing and 2 more
Where
Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
Website
www.benjaminfoundation.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Benjamin Foundation
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8.7m£8.6m
  • 2024£8.7m£9.2m
  • 2023£8.0m£8.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£7.4m£7.4m
  • 2021£6.6m£6.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 30% · Government grants 0%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORFOLK, SUFFOLK AND SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS2. THE RELIEF OF HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF INDEPENDENT LIVING.

Grants received

24 grants · £2,006,908 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

Most recent

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.

4 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4General Charitable Purposes 4Education/training 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Health and social care 4Retail and trade 1

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£8.7m latest income
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.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

234 from 237 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.
30%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1124936
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 AUGUST 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 11 JUNE 2008 AND 11 AUGUST 2010, ACCEPTED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 20 AUGUST 2010 as amended on 31 Oct 2019
Companies House
Company number 03825425 · Active
Contact on the register
01603615670 · info@benjaminfoundation.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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