Franks Family Foundation

Analysis

Franks Family Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05834838). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Franks Family Foundation reported income of £105k and spending of £324k, spending 308% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £95k to £105k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 330% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Franks Family Foundation sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lantern of Light (£105k), Gloria Church (£105k) and Morley Church of the Nazarene (£105k).

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.