Charities of John and Frances West for Pensioners

Analysis

Charities of John and Frances West for Pensioners is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Horsham. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Charities of John and Frances West for Pensioners reported income of £326k and spending of £299k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £204k to £326k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Charities of John and Frances West for Pensioners sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include RCCG Freedom Centre (£326k), Asylum Matters (£326k) and Purple Community Fund (£326k).