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Registered charity · Norfolk

Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust

Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust is a registered charity (number 273702) based in Norfolk, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Judith Harwood since 2019. Latest income £157k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Historic Norfolk (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £157k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Norfolk
Website
www.historicnorfolk.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust
Registered
1977

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£157k£149k
  • 2024£244k£442k
  • 2023£570k£351k
Earlier years
  • 2022£116k£146k
  • 2021£57k£62k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK IN THE FORM OF (A) BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 290 (1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1971) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST; (B) ANCIENT MONUMENTS; (C) LAND OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL INTEREST.

Grants received

3 grants · £1,397,000 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 · £1,397,000 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £846,0002003-02-28
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £173,0002003-02-28
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £378,0001998-09-22
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.

12 trustees on the board

5.9y median 7y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 12Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1Religious Activities 1The 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.

Other services 19Professional services 6Arts and leisure 4

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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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£157k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
273702
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 JAN 1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 FEB 1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 MAY 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 SEP 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 DEC 2023 as amended on 21 Oct 2024
Companies House
Company number 01295328 · Active
Contact on the register
01603629048 · secretary@historicnorfolk.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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