Francis C Scott Charitable Trust

Analysis

Francis C Scott Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Francis C Scott Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.5m, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £455k to £1.2m (+160%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 233% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Francis C Scott Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Jasmin Vardimon Company Limited (£1.2m), The University Nursery Parents Association Limited (£1.2m) and Tashbar of Edgware Limited (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 99%. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 7.7%. It employed 4 people.

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.