The Samuel Franklin Fund Elsworth

Analysis

The Samuel Franklin Fund Elsworth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Samuel Franklin Fund Elsworth reported income of £44k and spending of £49k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £33k to £44k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Samuel Franklin Fund Elsworth sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shanthona Women's Group (£44k), Global Diabetes Initiatives (£44k) and The Blond McIndoe Research Foundation (£44k).

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.