--- title: "Norton Sports Charity rating & legitimacy | CharityCompare" description: "Is Norton Sports Charity a legitimate UK charity? Clarity Score 70/100. Accounts 2025: income £1.2m · 56% on charitable activities. Reg 1154688." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/norton-sports-charity retrieved: 2026-08-18T04:12:31.023Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is Norton Sports Charity a good charity? Norton Sports Charity scores 70/100 (3 stars, Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2025 (£1.2m total income, 56% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. Middlesbrough · TS20 1PE | Reg [1154688](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/norton-sports-charity) | Registered charity | [Official website](http://nortonsportscharity.co.uk/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1154688) Donate ## How can you give to NORTON SPORTS CHARITY? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official NORTON SPORTS CHARITY form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](http://nortonsportscharity.co.uk/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=1154688) ## What does Norton Sports Charity do? Norton Sports Charity is a registered charity (no. 1154688) working in sport in Middlesbrough · TS20 1PE. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 56% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 37 months of reserves, and files its annual accounts on time. Reported income has been growing (≈18% a year). CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes. Summarised from public filings — Norton Sports Charity hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=norton-sports-charity) **In short:** NORTON SPORTS CHARITY scores 70 out of 100 (3 stars). 56% average program spend (Latest year, disclosed years only). Review the pillar breakdown below. ## What is Norton Sports Charity? Norton Sports Charity has a Clarity Score of 70 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars, Needs improvement). Charity Commission registration number 1154688. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Sport. Latest accounts year 2025: total income £1.2m, with 56% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: up to date. Reserves: approximately 37 months of operating costs. 1 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation. Data from [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), last updated 17 July 2026. Overall score 70/100 3★ · Needs improvement Cause spend 56% latest year · charitable activities Accountability 100/100 Finance beacon Income £1.2m Latest year 2025 Reserves 37 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing On time Charity Commission £3.9 raised per £1 fundraising (latest year) · 20% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: high ## How does NORTON SPORTS CHARITY compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers NORTON SPORTS CHARITY scores higher than. Income band (£1m–£5m)26thpercentile **Scores higher than 26% of 2,776 charities in its income band** · 70/100 vs 78 peer average (marker). Sport charities39thpercentile **Scores higher than 39% of 145 charities in this cause** · 70/100 vs 74 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is Norton Sports Charity's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2025 Filing date 24 June 2026 Profile reviewed 17 July 2026 High confidence — complete filing data Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: [Charity Commission for England and Wales](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), [Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator](https://www.oscr.org.uk/) and [Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/). [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). ## What is Norton Sports Charity's Beacon report? Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report. ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 100% | 15/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 8 trustees · 15/15 pts | | Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 100% | 10/10 pts | ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 70/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 47% | 37 months · 7/15 pts | | Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 10/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 80% | 9% · 4/5 pts | ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 45/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 10% | 56% · 1/10 pts (3-year average) | | Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 80% | 15p per £1 income · 8/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 0/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 0% | Not reported · 0/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is Norton Sports Charity's Clarity Score? 70/100 total · Needs improvement · 3 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 100/100 Accountability & Transparency 70/100 Financial Health 45/100 Financial Efficiency 0/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 100/100 Filing history (5 years)15/15 pts Trustee oversight8 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies10/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 70/100 Reserves (months of cash)37 months · 7/15 pts Income stability / growth10/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets9% · 4/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 45/100 Program expense ratio56% · 1/10 pts (3-year average) Fundraising efficiency15p per £1 income · 8/10 pts (3-year average) ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 0/100 Volunteer-to-staff ratioNot reported · 0/10 pts ## How much does Norton Sports Charity raise and spend? Latest filed year 2025 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £1.2m | — | | Total expenditure | £1.2m | — | | Charitable activities | £698k | 56% | | Fundraising | £551k | 44% | | Governance & admin | £209k | 17% | 56%On charitable activities ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2025) · £1.2m spent - Charitable activities56% · £698k - Fundraising44% · £551k - Governance17% · £209k ## What trust indicators does Norton Sports Charity have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - ✓ Accounts filed on time up to date · last filing 24 June 2026 - ✓ Trustee board size (3–12) 8 trustees on the Charity Commission register Fundraising Regulator Status not yet checked Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice. [Check Fundraising Regulator →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/) Official register Reg 1154688 Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission. [View on Charity Commission →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1154688) ### Trustees & officers - Dr PETER WILLIAM FROST since 2013 - DAVID MCCULLOGH since 2013 - WILLIAM RICHARD PICKERSGILL since 2013 - Dr CAROLE FROST since 2017 - Anthony Charles Johnson since 2020 - Nicholas Robert Collins since 2021 - Jake Stephen Milner since 2024 - James Andrew Hartley Chair · since 2025 100 How we score charities +The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically. [Full methodology →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) Accountability & Transparency Scored from filings 40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10). Financial Health Scored from filings 30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises). Financial Efficiency Scored from filings 20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below). Community Support Scored from filings 10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio. Overall score Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated. ## How have Norton Sports Charity's finances changed over five years? - Income - Spending - Cause spend Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts ## What are the key facts about Norton Sports Charity? Overall score 70/100 (3★) Income £1.2m Cause spend 56% of expenditure Reg number 1154688 Scope Local (middlesbrough) Reserves 37 months Trustees 8 Accounts year 2025 Filing up to date ## How does NORTON SPORTS CHARITY compare, and where else can you look? [Compare NORTON SPORTS CHARITY with others](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/compare-charities?ids=norton-sports-charity) [More sport charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/sport) [How we score charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ### Where NORTON SPORTS CHARITY sits The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby. - [sport charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/sport) - [community charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/community) - [children charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/children) - [elderly charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/elderly) - [Charities in Middlesbrough](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/cities/middlesbrough) ### Similar sport charities Top-rated peers by CharityCompare score - [OAC BUILDINGS](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/oac-buildings) 100/100 · £705k - [HINCKLEY CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIMITED](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/hinckley-club-for-young-people-limited) 100/100 · £674k - [WALLSEND BOYS CLUB](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/wallsend-boys-club) 97/100 · £920k - [DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/deeside-community-trust) 97/100 · £599k ## How can you share Norton Sports Charity's rating? 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That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate. Is Norton Sports Charity a legitimate charity? + Yes — Norton Sports Charity is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1154688). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1154688. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is Norton Sports Charity's charity number? + Norton Sports Charity's charity number is 1154688. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals. What is Norton Sports Charity's charity rating? + Norton Sports Charity scores 70 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score V1 sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking. Does Norton Sports Charity have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Norton Sports Charity. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (1 filing concern(s) noted on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How much of my donation reaches Norton Sports Charity? + According to its 2025 regulator filing, 56% of Norton Sports Charity's total spending went to charitable activities. That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift. What are Norton Sports Charity's overheads? + According to its 2025 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 44% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 20% of total expenditure at Norton Sports Charity. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Norton Sports Charity's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register. How much income does Norton Sports Charity receive? + Norton Sports Charity reported £1.2m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing. Are Norton Sports Charity's accounts up to date? + Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score. Where is Norton Sports Charity based? + Norton Sports Charity is listed at Middlesbrough · TS20 1PE, focused on sport. How does CharityCompare score Norton Sports Charity? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Norton Sports Charity's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought. How often is this page updated? + This profile was last updated on 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Norton Sports Charity's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.