Frank Branston Charitable Trust

Analysis

Frank Branston Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in June 2015, 11 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 makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Frank Branston Charitable Trust reported income of £81k and spending of £167k, spending 207% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £83k to £81k (-3.1%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Frank Branston Charitable Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Balint Society (£81k), British Dietetic Association General and Education Trust Fund (£81k) and Laces Educational (£81k).