St Francis at the Engine Room

Analysis

St Francis at the Engine Room is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Francis at the Engine Room reported income of £278k and spending of £309k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £192k to £278k (+45%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, St Francis at the Engine Room sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children Today Charitable Trust (£278k), Duchy Health Charity Limited (£278k) and Grateful Society (£277k).

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.