Common questions about Norwood Schools LTD's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Norwood Schools LTD a good charity? +
Norwood Schools LTD scores 79 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 99% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. 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 Norwood Schools LTD a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Norwood Schools LTD as a registered charity (charity number 307992). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=307992&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Norwood Schools LTD's charity number? +
Norwood Schools LTD's charity number is 307992. 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 Norwood Schools LTD's charity rating? +
Norwood Schools LTD scores 79 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) 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 Norwood Schools LTD have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Norwood Schools LTD. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged 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 Norwood Schools LTD? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 99% of Norwood Schools LTD's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). 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 Norwood Schools LTD's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 1% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 2% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Norwood Schools LTD. Norwood Schools LTD's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 16 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Norwood Schools LTD receive? +
Norwood Schools LTD reported £33m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Norwood Schools LTD's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-27). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Norwood Schools LTD based? +
Norwood Schools LTD's registered contact address is in London (HA7 4HB). It tells the regulator it operates in England, with a focus on homelessness.
How much is Norwood Schools LTD's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Norwood Schools LTD's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 16 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Norwood Schools LTD's money come from? +
Norwood Schools LTD reported £33m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £24m (74%), donations and legacies £8m (25%), investments £585k (2%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Norwood Schools LTD? +
The register does not record Norwood Schools LTD as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Norwood Schools LTD's trustees paid? +
Norwood Schools LTD's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Norwood Schools LTD registered as a charity? +
Norwood Schools LTD was entered on the register on 26 September 1962. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00516901).
How does CharityCompare score Norwood Schools LTD? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Norwood Schools LTD'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 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Norwood Schools LTD'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.