The Posbury St Francis Trust

Analysis

The Posbury St Francis Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in January 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Posbury St Francis Trust reported income of £49k and spending of £56k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £49k (+234%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 203%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Posbury St Francis Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Studland Church Lands Trust (£49k), The Metropolitan Kallistos Foundation (£49k) and Living Word Assemblies of God Wolverhampton (£49k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.