Charities in Great Yarmouth
There are 304 registered charities based in and around Great Yarmouth. 252 of them (83%) are small, with an income under £100,000 a year. The most common causes are children and young people, education, and poverty and hardship.
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What they work on
- Children and young people82
- Education69
- Poverty and hardship34
- Disability32
- Older people27
- Arts and heritage26
- Animals12
- Environment12
We count a charity under a cause when its description on the register makes it clear, which is true of 196 of the 304. Charities are placed by their registered address, so the numbers include some national charities with an office here. Volunteers are as reported by the 171 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 Great Yarmouth
5 of the 82 we found.
Great Yarmouth Unit 160 of the Sea Cadet Corps
NR31 · Income under £10k
trains young people from ages 8 - 18 on discipline, team building, seamanship skills, sailing, boat handling and demonstrating how they can each develop and grow to become upstanding members of the local community
Great Yarmouth and Waveney Special Olympians
NR31 · Small charity, income under £100k
Teaching children and adults to participate in sport, mainly swimming
The Great Yarmouth Grammar School Foundation
NR31 · Small charity, income under £100k
EDUCATION/TRAINING.The Foundation investment Income is used to finance projects by participating schools and making grants available to students within these schools.
Great Yarmouth Exhibition Charity
NR30 · Income under £10k
The Foundation principal objective is to provide grants to assistformer pupils of participatingschools within the Foundation to enhance their educational achievements.
Great Yarmouth Schools' Music Association
NR31 · Income under £10k
GYSMA facilitates collaborative music events for Great Yarmouth Schools, Academies and Colleges: Sounds4Christmas (KS1 choirs); 2 night Festival of Carols (KS2-5 choirs); Spring & Summer Celebration (All schools and…
Education charities in Great Yarmouth
5 of the 69 we found.
Great Yarmouth U3a
NR29 · Small charity, income under £100k
University of the Third Age
Great Yarmouth Sport and Leisure Trust
NR30 · Small charity, income under £100k
The company's objectives are to provide or assist in the provision of facilites for recreation and other leisure time occupation in the interest of social welfare and to promote and preserve good health through…
Fritton (Great Yarmouth) Relief in Need Charity
NR31 · Income under £10k
Benefits to the elderly/disabled and the sick - help with visits to hospitals, convalescent homes or similar institutions and to those in need and the bereaved.Assist fulltime students, living in Fritton, with funds for…
Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust
NR30 · Income £100k to £1m
The Trust's objects and principal activities are to preserve for the benefit of the inhabitants of Great Yarmouth buildings of special beauty or of historic or architectural interest. The Trust is developing projects…
Great Yarmouth District Scouts Council
NR29 · Small charity, income under £100k
Support of Scouting in East Norfolk under structure within Scout Association.
Poverty and hardship charities in Great Yarmouth
5 of the 34 we found.
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.
The Great Yarmouth Seamen's Trust
NR31 · Income under £10k
The trustees firstly administer the charity's income to include the repair and insurance of The Fishermen's Rest Room NR30 3AH. The remaining income is administered by giving hardship grants to people who have work in…
Great Yarmouth Unemployed Workers Centre
NR30 · Income under £10k
Welfare, benefits and employment rights advice including advice to those at risk of unemployment. Supporting unemployed people access services and encouraging self-help. Providing access to online employment services.…
The Great Yarmouth Pathway
NR30 · Income £100k to £1m
The objects of the Great Yarmouth Pathway are the relief of poverty and social isolation for the public benefit in the borough of Great Yarmouth for those who are experiencing difficulties such as (but not limited to),…
The Royal Air Forces Association - Great Yarmouth and District Branch
NR31 · Income under £10k
SOCIAL & WELFARE The charity is a branch of the Royal Air Forces Assn. It ha many Branches who share the same charitable object as the Association and are subject to the same constitution
Disability charities in Great Yarmouth
5 of the 32 we found.
Great Yarmouth Mencap
NR31 · Income under £10k
To help any person that has learning disabilities and also to support the local groups that help people with learning disabilities
Great Yarmouth Friday Gateway Club
NR30 · Small charity, income under £100k
Providing social activities for people with learning difficulties.
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.
Norwich Stroke Survivors' Club
NR13 · Income under £10k
Provide support, including aphasia training where required, to stroke victims and their carers.
Shine (East Norfolk)
NR31 · Income £100k to £1m
Relieve & promote the welfare of children & young people up to age 25 including in particular those with Special or Additional needs arising from mental, physical, behavioural or educational difficulties & residing…
Charities for older people in Great Yarmouth
5 of the 27 we found.
Caister Community Support
NR30 · Small charity, income under £100k
Relief of Need
Belton Poor's Allotment
NR31 · Income under £10k
Rent received from an area of arable land distributed annually to the parishioners of Belton and Browston upon application.
The Rollesby Mapes and Amis Charity
NR29 · Income under £10k
The Charity rents out their land and with the rent we distribute cash or coal to Rollesby parishioners who have lived in village for 10 years and are aged 75 or over.
Fuel Allotment
NR29 · Income under £10k
The charity makes annual winter fuel payments to qualified parishioners.
The Planters' Benevolent Fund of Ceylon
NR13 · Income under £10k
The object of the Fund is to relieve poverty amongst persons of European birth who are or have been members of the planting community of Sri Lanka and their dependant relatives in need, restricted to the wives, widows…
Arts and heritage charities in Great Yarmouth
5 of the 26 we found.
Great Yarmouth Local History and Archaeological Society
NR30 · Income under £10k
To facilitate the study and exchange of local history and archaeology information in Great Yarmouth and district through meetings and publication of books.GYLH&AS provides information to the public, provides speakers…
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…
Dpa Performing Arts Academy
NR31 · Income £100k to £1m
To advance education for the public benefit in the performing arts in particular but not exclusively by offering classes, workshops and local performances.
The Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust
NR29 · Income £100k to £1m
To education of the public by the provision of facilities for sail training and to maintain, promote, restore, conserve, and develop historic and traditional sailing craft.
Originalprojects;
NR30 · Income £100k to £1m
originalprojects; promotes and encourages public participation in and appreciation of the arts in Great Yarmouth and the surrounding area, engaging with the communities, industries and heritage to uncover, support,…
Small charities in Great Yarmouth
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.
Village Hall and Playing Fields
NR29 · Small charity, income under £100k
Provision of Village Hall and Recreation Ground
Friends of Acle St Edmund Primary School Association
NR13 · Small charity, income under £100k
Fundraising and social events for Acle St Edmund Primary School
Somerton Village Hall
NR29 · Income under £10k
To maintain and operate a Village Hall for the benefit of the inhabitants of Somerton and the surrounding neighbourhood. The Hall is used for meetings, lectures and other forms of recreation and leisure-time activities…
Martham Coronation Recreation Ground
NR30 · Income under £10k
The provision, maintenance or improvement of a public park.
Happisburgh Lighthouse Trust
NR13 · Small charity, income under £100k
A management committee to keep Happisburgh Lighthouse running as a working lighthouse
Harold Moorhouse Charity
NR29 · Small charity, income under £100k
To allocate the Investment Income received between the Institutions and the residents of Burnham Market that were in need of assistance according to the terms and conditions set out in the Will of the late Harold…
Rotary Club of Great Yarmouth Benevolent Fund
NR30 · Income under £10k
The charity income is raised from various sources, e.g. a sponsored walk, bucket collections and a nunber of other events and donations. A town quiz was held again and we assisted in providing marshals at a local Air…
1st Great and Little Plumstead Scout Group
NR13 · Small charity, income under £100k
Scouting for Children:Squirrels Section (4-6 years)Beaver Section (6-8 years)Cub Section (8-10.5 years)Scout Section (10.5 - 14 years)
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How many charities are there in Great Yarmouth?
There are 304 registered charities based in and around Great Yarmouth. 252 of them (83%) 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 Great Yarmouth work on?
The most common causes are children and young people (82), education (69), and poverty and hardship (34). We count a charity under a cause when its own description on the register makes that clear, which is true of 196 of the 304, so the real numbers are higher.
How many people volunteer for charities in Great Yarmouth?
Local charities in and around Great Yarmouth have 3,514 volunteers between them. That's what 171 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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