The Frank Jackson Foundation

Analysis

The Frank Jackson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in website. It was registered in January 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Frank Jackson Foundation reported income of £619k and spending of £940k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £497k to £619k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 186% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Frank Jackson Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Midland Railway Trust Limited (£615k), Lion Landscapes (£619k) and Wheal Martyn Trust Ltd (£613k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £857k. Reserves of £25.8m would cover about 328 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.