The Monastery of St Francis Gorton Trust Ltd

Analysis

The Monastery of St Francis Gorton Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03251869). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Monastery of St Francis Gorton Trust Ltd reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.5m (+25%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Monastery of St Francis Gorton Trust Ltd sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds (£1.5m), Shared Lives Plus Limited (£1.5m) and Chem Trust (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 98% and donations and legacies 2.0%. Charitable activities took 3.1% of spending and raising funds 94%. Reserves of £262k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.