The Eric Frank Trust

Analysis

The Eric Frank Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Addlestone. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Eric Frank Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £99k, spending 451% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £22k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 334% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Eric Frank Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Edenbridge and Westerham Citizens Advice Bureau (£22k), The Ballinger War Memorial Hall (£22k) and Book Aid for Africa (Bafa) (£22k).

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.