The Frank Litchfield General Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Frank Litchfield General Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Heertfordshire. It was registered in June 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Frank Litchfield General Charitable Trust reported income of £192k and spending of £488k, spending 254% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £168k to £192k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Frank Litchfield General Charitable Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wapping Bangladesh Association (£192k), Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust Charitable Fund (£192k) and Mental Fight Club (£192k).