Fair Frome

Analysis

Fair Frome is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Fair Frome reported income of £254k and spending of £222k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £152k to £254k (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fair Frome sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Poverty Truth Network (£254k), The Life Church - Maidstone (£254k) and United Kingdom Murid Community (£254k).