Frazer Trust

Analysis

Frazer Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was registered in August 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Frazer Trust reported income of £614k and spending of £664k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £648k to £614k (-5.3%), an average of -1.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Frazer Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Prospero World (£611k), The Fraxinus Charitable Trust (£618k) and The Aimwell Charitable Trust (£608k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 19%. Grants to other organisations totalled £489k. Reserves of £623k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate.

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.