Norwich Consolidated Charities

Registered charity 1168042 · since 2016norwichcharitabletrusts.org.uk·Norwich·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£481k

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From filed accounts

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Your work fits if it gives direct support to people in financial need, hardship or distress, or to people who are sick, convalescent, disabled or infirm, within one of the funder's preferred areas: housing and accommodation, financial hardship, health recovery, or disability inclusion.
The funder mainly accepts work directly with beneficiaries, though it sometimes considers essential costs needed to keep services running, and it expects beneficiaries to live in the city of Norwich.
Its grant range is not stated, so ask at the pre-application meeting what size of request is realistic.
Before applying, you must request a pre-application meeting by emailing a completed information form to the NCC applications address, with your organisation's name in the subject line and on the form; requests open in November and close in January, while the multi-annual funding round asks for an application link between September 22 and September 29, with completed applications due by October 9.
Organisations whose work is only the provision of private health care should not apply, as the funder does not fund that.

Overview

Norwich Consolidated Charities is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1168042).

Norwich Consolidated Charities is a registered charity whose purpose is providing housing accommodation for, and relieving, people in financial need, hardship or distress, or people in financial need who are sick, convalescent, disabled or infirm, by relieving their suffering or assisting their recovery. It describes its grant-making as having twin objectives: trying, with its finite resources, to prevent some of the causes and alleviate some of the worst effects of poverty. Its annual giving was £480,710 as stated in its annual report.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Norwich Consolidated Charities supports organisations working with people in financial need, hardship or distress, including people who are sick or convalescent, disabled or infirm. Its preferred areas are housing and support for people needing accommodation; improving the quality of life of people facing financial hardship, including work that addresses financial pressures or provides respite; relieving suffering or assisting recovery; and improving equality of opportunity for people facing discrimination because they are disabled or Deaf, or are seen as different. Beneficiaries are expected to live in the city of Norwich. The trusts mainly accept applications for work directly with beneficiaries, while sometimes considering essential costs needed to keep services running. Organisations first meet with the Chief Executive or Grants Manager to discuss eligibility and receive support to make their application.

Themes

Housing support
Financial hardship
Health recovery
Disability inclusion

Geographic Focus

The city of Norwich.

What they don't fund

Health only: projects relating to the provision of private health care

How to apply

Applicants request a pre-application meeting by emailing the completed information form to the NCC applications address, with their organisation’s name in the subject line and on the form. The meeting must take place before applying; applicants given the go-ahead then submit a completed application within the application window.

Deadlines: Application windows are set in relation to each Grants Committee meeting.

Application windows:

Pre-application meeting requests open in November and the application window closes in January.
NFC Multi-Annual Funding Round: Request an application link between September 22 and September 29; submit the completed application by October 9.

Who can apply:

Organisations wishing to apply must secure a pre-application meeting before applying.

What to send:

A completed information form must be sent with the email request for a pre-application meeting.
NFC Multi-Annual Funding Round: A completed application must be submitted.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The trusts mainly accept applications for work directly with beneficiaries, though they sometimes consider essential costs to keep services running.
The pre-application meeting helps assess eligibility and supports applicants to make the best possible application.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Norwich

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Norwich Consolidated Charities.

Norwich Freemen’s CharityFixed deadlinesGave £843k Norfolk Churches TrustFixed deadlinesGave £175k The Educational Foundation of Alderman John NormanFixed deadlinesGave £115k Anguish’s Educational FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £538k The Geoffrey Watling CharityRollingGave £548k Anne French Memorial TrustNo public processGave £112k Norfolk Community FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £5.7M Spurrell Charitable TrustRollingGave £90,050 The Paul Bassham Charitable TrustRollingGave £428k The Norwich Diocesan Board of FinanceNo public processGave £1.2M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£0	£0	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£0	£0	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£0	£0	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£2,588,754	£3,140,959	£519,522	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£2,626,052	£2,805,166	£480,710	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2024

£520k grants

YE 2025

£481k awarded

Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.