Registered charity (CIO) · Cromer
About With Friends
About With Friends is a registered charity (number 1164119) based in Cromer, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by James Claxton since 2021. Latest income £2.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as AWF (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £2.7m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Norfolk
- Website
- www.aboutwithfriends.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.7m£2.6m
- 2024£2.4m£2.3m
- 2023£2.0m£1.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.7m£1.5m
- 2021£1.4m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROVISION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF SUPPORTED OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, LIFE AND WORK SKILLS AND SUPPORTED LIVING DEVELOPMENT FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS, KNOWN AS MEMBERS, IN THE NORFOLK AREA, WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR DISABLEMENT DUE TO THEIR LEARNING DISABILITIES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS IN LIFE.
Grants received
4 grants · £35,150 total360Giving 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
- Sport England · £15,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £8,500
- Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation · £1,650
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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 trustees on the board
- James Claxton Chair since 2021
- Barbara Lloyd-Smith since 2021
- Clare Walton since 2024
- Suzanne Savory since 2020
- Tracey Edwards since 2021
- Tristan Johnson since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Suzanne Savory since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- James Claxton Chair since 2021
- Barbara Lloyd-Smith since 2021
- Clare Walton since 2024
- Suzanne Savory since 2020
- Tracey Edwards since 2021
- Tristan Johnson since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1164119
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 26 Oct 2015
- Contact on the register
- 01263515230 · info@aboutwithfriends.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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