Sydney E Franklin Deceased's New Second Charity

Analysis

Sydney E Franklin Deceased's New Second Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and animals, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Sydney E Franklin Deceased's New Second Charity reported income of £34k and spending of £34k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £27k to £34k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sydney E Franklin Deceased's New Second Charity sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include S.n.a.p.s (Special Needs Activities with Parents Support) Tees Valley (£34k), Go My Son (£34k) and Rubery Swop Shop (£34k).

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.