Francis Head Award

Analysis

Francis Head Award is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Francis Head Award reported income of £29k and spending of £54k, spending 183% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £22k to £29k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 237% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Francis Head Award sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bolton Symphony Orchestra (£29k), The Penge East Community Association (£29k) and Oulton Village Hall (£29k).

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.