The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation

Analysis

The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation reported income of £852k and spending of £877k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £136k to £852k (+526%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 2024%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carer Support Wiltshire (£852k), St Joseph's School Nottingham (£853k) and The Fulham Boys School Foundation CIO (£851k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 4.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £370k. Reserves of £236k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.