Registered charity · Bath
The Norland Foundation
The Norland Foundation is a registered charity (number 1180292) based in Bath, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Martin Courtenay Clarke since 2017. Latest income £6.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £6.7m (2025)
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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, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England
- Linked company
- The Norland Foundation
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6.7m£6.5m
- 2024£5.7m£5.6m
- 2023£5.9m£5.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.2m£4.6m
- 2021£4.7m£4.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) EARLY YEARS EDUCATION, BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):(A) THE PROMOTION OF EFFECTIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF STUDENTS OR QUALIFIED CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION PRACTITIONERS IN ALL ASPECTS OF EARLY YEARS CARE AND THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN; (B) THE PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICE IN EARLY YEARS CARE AND THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN GENERALLY; (C) THE PROVISION OF FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND / OR RESEARCH RELATING TO THE PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICE IN EARLY YEARS CARE AND EDUCATION; THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) AMONG CHILDREN OF EARLY YEARS AGE AND THEIR FAMILIES / CARERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THROUGH:(D) THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF EARLY YEARS AGE AND STUDENTS OR QUALIFIED CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION PRACTITIONERS OF EARLY YEARS EDUCATION; (E) THE PROVISION OF FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND / OR RESEARCH TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION; ANDTHE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OBJECTS OR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Martin Courtenay Clarke Chair since 2017
- Christopher Peter Hare since 2017
- David Arthur Peck since 2019
- Michael Bray since 2019
- Peter Howard Watkins since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Martin Courtenay Clarke Chair since 2017
- Christopher Peter Hare since 2017
- David Arthur Peck since 2019
- Michael Bray since 2019
- Peter Howard Watkins since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Christopher Peter Hare since 2017
- David Arthur Peck since 2019
- Michael Bray since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- Martin Courtenay Clarke Chair since 2017
- Peter Howard Watkins since 2017
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
9.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 15.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1180292
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 NOV 2017 as amended on 24 Mar 2021 as amended on 09 Dec 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 11077904 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01225904489
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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