The Richard Frankland Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Richard Frankland Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in June 2014, 12 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 Richard Frankland Charitable Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £17k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £22k to £28k (+28%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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 Richard Frankland Charitable Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Starkie Bence Charitable Trust (£28k), The SCSJD Charitable Trust (£28k) and Mehiel Foundation (£28k).