Francis Clark Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Francis Clark Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torquay. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09431170). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Francis Clark Charitable Foundation reported income of £88k and spending of £26k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £62k to £88k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Francis Clark Charitable Foundation sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Essex Youth Trust (£88k), Jamia Islamia Munshi Bazar Trust (£88k) and Farley Hospital (£88k).