The Joe Franklin Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Joe Franklin Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Littlehampton. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Joe Franklin Charitable Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £5,418, leaving 76% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £17k to £23k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Joe Franklin Charitable Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Axminster Drama Club (£23k), Royal Air Forces Association Weston Super Mare Branch (£23k) and Village Hall and Recreation Ground (£23k).