The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Norland Foundation

Registered charity 1180292 Registered since 2018

Operates: Throughout England

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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

8.2y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

31.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5Disability 4Religious 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.

Finance 11Other services 7Hospitality 6

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£6.7m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

9.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 15.8 in 2021

89 from 79 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone01225904489
AddressNORLAND COLLEGE, 39-41 UPPER OLDFIELD PARK, BATH, BA2 3LB

Finances

£6,715,709 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,704,560£4,478,644
2022£5,158,399£4,632,305
2023£5,869,835£5,905,328
2024£5,659,634£5,619,950
2025£6,715,709£6,508,790

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 NOV 2017 as amended on 24 Mar 2021 as amended on 09 Dec 2024

Trustees (5)

5trustees
79median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Norland Foundation · 11077904 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/11/2017

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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