Friarsgate Trust

Analysis

Friarsgate Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Friarsgate Trust reported income of £123k and spending of £149k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £98k to £123k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friarsgate Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Breast Cancer Research Aid (Bcra) (£123k), The Bothwell Charitable Trust (£123k) and Acid Survivors Trust International (£123k).

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.