The David and Frances Turner Charitable Trust

Analysis

The David and Frances Turner Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The David and Frances Turner Charitable Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £96k, spending 258% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £164 to £37k (+22496%), an average of +288% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 726971%. Over the whole period it spent 136% 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 David and Frances Turner Charitable Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fitness Without Boundaries (£37k), Lions Clubs International Md105 a Gift for Living (£37k) and Evangelical Prayer Winners Ministry International (£37k).