Francis Coales Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Francis Coales Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Weston-Super-Mare. It was registered in February 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Francis Coales Charitable Foundation reported income of £120k and spending of £134k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £134k to £120k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Francis Coales Charitable Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% 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 Nature Vibezzz (£119k), The Friends of Ashdown Forest (£120k) and Norwich Preservation Trust Limited (£119k).