Charities in Broadland
There are 1,484 registered charities based in and around Broadland. 1,098 of them (74%) are small, with an income under £100,000 a year. The most common causes are children and young people, education, and the arts and heritage.
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What they work on
- Children and young people455
- Education429
- Arts and heritage174
- Disability158
- Poverty and hardship131
- Older people79
- Environment51
- Mental health42
We count a charity under a cause when its description on the register makes it clear, which is true of 988 of the 1,484. Charities are placed by their registered address, so the numbers include some national charities with an office here. Volunteers are as reported by the 806 local charities under £1 million a year that file an annual return, from the returns held in October 2026. Data from the Charity Commission register, last refreshed in June 2026.
Charities for children and young people in Broadland
5 of the 455 we found.
Broadland Youth Centre Association
NR12 · Small charity, income under £100k
provides a venue for sports, leisure and educational activities
Broadland Meridian
NR2 · Small charity, income under £100k
Support for people who face multiple barriers to entering training and employment including: Managing a long term mental health problem; Acquiring mental health problems whilst in work; Having a learning difficulty;…
Norwich International Youth Project
NR2 · Small charity, income under £100k
Norwich International Youth Project works with young people in Norfolk who are seeking asylum, have refugee status or are otherwise displaced from their country of origin. NIYP supports young people with their…
Hethersett Jubilee Youth Centre
NR9 · Income £100k to £1m
Provide a safe environment for young people to meet.
Sprowston Youth Engagement Project
NR6 · Income £100k to £1m
Provide advice/organising programmes of physical/educational & other activities to: a) help young people develop their skills/capacities & capabilities enabling them to participate in society as…
Education charities in Broadland
5 of the 429 we found.
Anguish's Educational Foundation
NR2 · Income £100k to £1m
The focus of our grant-making is and always has been, on promoting the education of young people who are in financial need, with our definition of the term ''education'' being appropriately broad. The geographical area…
Lionwood Infant School Library Fund
NR1 · Small charity, income under £100k
Our Charitable Trust is focused on advancing the education of the pupils at Lionwood Infant and Nursery School and Lionwood Junior School, Norwich (or any school which succeeds, replaces or is amalgamated with either of…
The Parmentergate Educational Foundation
NR1 · Income under £10k
Small Grants within the Parish for educational purposes
Special Needs Enterprises (Norfolk) Limited
NR7 · Income £100k to £1m
To promote the education and relief of young people with learning difficulties. This is achieved through the provision of a programme of life skills training which encompasses numeracy and literacy, IT, arts and crafts…
Centre for Excellence in Education and Training
NR8 · Income under £10k
To advance the education and training of people with limited English Language skills, in order to relieve the needs of such individuals and assisting them to integrate into society and reduce isolation.Also, to relieve…
Arts and heritage charities in Broadland
5 of the 174 we found.
Norfolk Museums Development Foundation
NR1 · Income £100k to £1m
The foundation assists norfolk museums service and its partners to secure funding to support the care and development of the outstanding collections and historic buildings cared for by the service, and to deliver a wide…
St George's Theatre Trust
NR30 · Income £100k to £1m
The charity manages and operates St George's Theatre, housed in a Grade I listed former chapel, together with the neighbouring Pavilion cafe bar and outside performance area, to provide a balanced and broad range of…
Friends of the Norwich Museums
NR2 · Small charity, income under £100k
The Friends of Norwich Museums has been set up to help & support the Norwich Museums to aquire, via gifting or purchasing for their collections objects of intrinsic historic & artisitc value, and thus improve the…
The Museum of the Broads
NR12 · Income £100k to £1m
The principal object is to collect, preserve and interpret the heritage of the Broads, past and present for the public's benefit, education and enjoyment. The collection is housed at Stalham,Norfolk where visitors may…
The Royal Air Force Air Defence Radar Museum
NR12 · Income £100k to £1m
The Charity runs a museum open to general public during the Spring to Autumn season. The museum operates from freehold premises owned by the charity, the land and buildings formerly being part of RAF Neatishead,…
Disability charities in Broadland
5 of the 158 we found.
Norfolk Broadland Group Riding for the Disabled Association
NR8 · Income under £10k
Provides therapeutic horse riding sessions for adults with physical and mental disabilities.
Signalong the Communication Charity
NR8 · Income £100k to £1m
Development of visual communication resources (signing, symbols and pictures) for children and adults with verbal communication difficulties. Most users have learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorders.…
Frozen Light
NR1 · Income £100k to £1m
This charity improves the quality of life for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) by creating touring multi-sensory theatre specifically for the needs of people with PMLD.
The Daphne Hart Holiday Homes
NR30 · Small charity, income under £100k
The charity acts as fundraisers. The trustees do not work directly with people with disabilities or special needs.
The Gem Foundation
NR12 · Income under £10k
Grants given to children with disabilities and their families to provide special equipment, training, holidays etc
Poverty and hardship charities in Broadland
5 of the 131 we found.
Alpington Fuel Allotment
NR14 · Income under £10k
Originally the provision of fuel for poor persons resident in the Parish of Alpington & Yelverton but now widened to making grants or gifts of money to reduce financial hardship
The Great Yarmouth Relief-in-need Trust
NR30 · Small charity, income under £100k
Providing financial help with essential items to residents in the Great Yarmouth Town limits who are in receipt of benefits and suffer extreme financial hardship.
Relational Mission
NR11 · Income £100k to £1m
To advance the christian faith, to relieve sickness and financial hardship as well as advance education in the united kingdom and the world.
Hingham Christian Fellowship
NR9 · Small charity, income under £100k
To advance the Christian faith by preaching the Gospel; outreach into the community through parents and toddlers group, youth group; to offer services of worship and teaching in the Christian faith for all ages and…
Whitwell Hall Country Centre Ltd
NR1 · Income £100k to £1m
The principal activity of the company is the running of Whitwell Hall Country Centre for boarding and camping for school residentials. To relieve those in need by reason of their youth, age, ill health, disability,…
Charities for older people in Broadland
5 of the 79 we found.
Friend in Deed
NR1 · Small charity, income under £100k
To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of older people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society, by…
Aylsham Older Peoples Association
NR11 · Small charity, income under £100k
1. The provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupations for those who are in need, particularly by reason of their age, with the object of improving their conditions of life in the interests of…
Caister Community Support
NR30 · Small charity, income under £100k
Relief of Need
Foulsham Relief in Need Charity
NR20 · Income under £10k
Financial support of individuals and groups in the parish of Foulsham who require medical help or have disabilies or who need help with heating in the winter.
Poor's Firing Allotment
NR9 · Income under £10k
Helping Old People and families with school aged children in need of financial support
Small charities in Broadland
Most charities here are small, often a few volunteers doing good work close to home, and few of them can afford to advertise. Each of these has an income under £100,000 a year and has reported its accounts recently.
Colney Parish Room
NR4 · Income under £10k
Parish meetingssocial eventsparishioners' celebrationscommittee meetingsChurch eventseducational activities
Garden Church Missional Communities CIO
NR9 · Small charity, income under £100k
A network of missional communities/churches operating within the Church of England Diocese of Norwich
Norwich Hebrew Congregation
NR2 · Small charity, income under £100k
The Charity is the Norwich Hebrew Congregation. This is is a traditional Anglo Jewish congregation providing religious services and facilities for individuals of the Jewish faith. The Congregation has a synagogue and a…
The Norwich Lads' Club
NR3 · Small charity, income under £100k
Supports work with young people in Norfolk
Sutton Parish Charity Trust
NR12 · Small charity, income under £100k
Anyone living in Sutton who is suffering hardship or real financial need. Plus the trust will consider a donation to anything that will benefit all in the village, such as a donation to the fund to raise monies for a…
Roughton Land Trust
NR11 · Income under £10k
1. we administer a recreation ground for the residents of Roughton and surrounding area. 2. We administer and let three allotments of land with the income payable to the Robert Brown Trustees for the poor of Roughton.…
Cawston Community Choir
NR10 · Small charity, income under £100k
CCC the opportunity to sing together. All are welcome to join and no previous experience of singing is necessary. The choir rehearses and performs a wide range of music. Our wider aims are to take music into the…
Friends of Acle St Edmund Primary School Association
NR13 · Small charity, income under £100k
Fundraising and social events for Acle St Edmund Primary School
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How many charities are there in Broadland?
There are 1,484 registered charities based in and around Broadland. 1,098 of them (74%) are small, with an income under £100,000 a year. The figures come from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales, last refreshed in June 2026, and count charities by their registered address.
What do charities in Broadland work on?
The most common causes are children and young people (455), education (429), and the arts and heritage (174). We count a charity under a cause when its own description on the register makes that clear, which is true of 988 of the 1,484, so the real numbers are higher.
How many people volunteer for charities in Broadland?
Local charities in and around Broadland have 18,249 volunteers between them. That's what 806 charities with an income under £1 million a year told the Charity Commission in their latest annual return. Charities with an income under £10,000 don't have to report it, so the real number is higher.
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