The Charity Excellence Framework

Analysis

The Charity Excellence Framework is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in August 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Charity Excellence Framework reported income of £67k and spending of £55k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from October 2022 to October 2025, income grew from £18k to £67k (+263%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 241%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Charity Excellence Framework sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hetton Charitable Trust (£67k), Let's Get Growing Limited (£67k) and Woldingham Village Hall (£67k).