Charles S French Charitable Trust

Analysis

Charles S French Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hornchurch. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Charles S French Charitable Trust reported income of £1.0m and spending of £793k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £303k to £1.0m (+245%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Charles S French Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mirza Sharif Ahmad Foundation (£1.0m), Ammf - the Cholangiocarcinoma Charity (£1.0m) and Community First Yorkshire Ltd (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 33%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £653k. Reserves of £11.9m would cover about 176 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.