NORWICH FREEMEN'S CHARITY
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Cash
£2.3m
+142.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£29m
-3.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
10
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£683k
-326.6% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £787,868 | £895,943 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£1,364,432 | -£1,177,834 | +13.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£160,023 | -£682,665 | -326.6% | |
| Net profit | -£414,449 | -£160,023 | -£682,665 | -326.6% | |
| Cash | £1,314,617 | £968,273 | £2,346,787 | +142.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,033,823 | £29,844,342 | £28,665,888 | -3.9% | |
| Net assets | £30,033,823 | £29,844,342 | £28,665,888 | -3.9% | |
| Equity | £30,033,823 | £29,844,342 | £28,665,888 | -3.9% | |
| Average employees | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0% | |
| Wages | £135,540 | £142,396 | £131,869 | -7.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -152.3% | — | |
| Net margin | -52.6% | -17.9% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -4.6% | -4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.85x | 2.99x | 9.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | -2.97x | -2.45x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NORWICH FREEMEN'S CHARITY 2023-11-29 → present
- NORWICH TOWN CLOSE ESTATE CHARITY 2017-07-27 → 2023-11-29
- NORWICH TOWN CLOSE ESTATE 2015-12-14 → 2017-07-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Shortly after the end of the financial year, we made a grant of £117,595 to the SAW Trust (Science Arts and Writing). This will be a jointly funded project with Anguish's Educational Foundation, with AEF having made grant of an equal amount earlier this year.”
- “At the year end the charity had entered in to a contract for building works to the value of £363,257, to be carried out in the year ended 31 March 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOLT, Brian Michael | Director | 2026-04-15 | Mar 1956 | British |
| BURTON, John Patrick | Director | 2025-09-17 | Jan 1959 | British |
| COE, Jenny Mary | Director | 2021-09-21 | Oct 1958 | British |
| COOKE, Cynthia Beris | Director | 2020-01-13 | Dec 1937 | British |
| DAVIES, Philip Mark Redvers | Director | 2021-09-15 | Aug 1958 | British |
| FULLMAN, David | Director | 2015-12-14 | Jun 1952 | British |
| GARSIDE, John Paul | Director | 2020-12-09 | Jan 1965 | British |
| KENT, Melanie Eileen | Director | 2020-01-13 | Sep 1958 | British |
| LAMB, Stuart Charles | Director | 2015-12-14 | Apr 1969 | British |
| MAGUIRE, Kevin Joseph Patrick, Dr | Director | 2023-12-08 | Dec 1952 | British |
| QUINTON, Michael James Anthony | Director | 2015-12-14 | Mar 1954 | British |
| RUSHMER, John Stuart | Director | 2015-12-14 | Jul 1941 | British |
| SHEEHAN-FLICK, Emmanuel | Director | 2025-04-09 | Feb 1986 | British |
| TAYLOR, Boyd Glyn | Director | 2020-12-09 | Sep 1957 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHUR, Brenda | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2017-07-22 |
| BACK, Nigel Barry Quarles | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2025-03-31 |
| BARBER, David Spencer | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2021-08-25 |
| BLANCHFLOWER, Philip Ronald | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2021-07-12 |
| FERRIS, Brenda April | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2020-09-14 |
| GIBBS, Owen Charles Marston | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2026-01-16 |
| HANLON, Jacqueline Patricia | Director | 2020-12-09 | 2024-11-25 |
| HERRIES, Christine Janet | Director | 2017-09-06 | 2020-08-15 |
| HERRIES, Christine Janet | Director | 2017-09-02 | 2017-09-02 |
| JONES, Elspeth Georgina | Director | 2018-09-05 | 2023-12-08 |
| LOADES, Geoffrey | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2019-12-11 |
| SCUTTER, Pamela Ann | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2017-09-02 |
| SELF, Robert Wellesley | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2020-01-13 |
| SHIELDS, Peter Lewis | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2019-12-16 |
| SOUTHGATE, Jeanne Mary | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2026-03-13 |
| SYMONDS, John Bernard | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2020-01-13 |
| THOMAS, Vivien | Director | 2020-12-09 | 2023-09-08 |
| TYRRELL, Heather Jane | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2018-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-20 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-20 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2024-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.