The Farakunku Foundation

Analysis

The Farakunku Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sevenoaks. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Farakunku Foundation reported income of £13k and spending of £17k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,665 to £13k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Farakunku Foundation sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Compass Point Trust (£13k), Charities of Moses Lara (£13k) and M E Whyte Bequest (£13k).