The Fircroft Trust

Analysis

The Fircroft Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Fircroft Trust reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.6m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.8m (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Fircroft Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnet Carers Centre (£1.8m), Beaumond House Community Hospice (£1.8m) and The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Benevolent Fund Limited (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63%, donations and legacies 29% and trading 7.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £500k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 people.