The Francis Winham Foundation

Analysis

The Francis Winham Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Francis Winham Foundation reported income of £349k and spending of £288k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £381k to £349k (-8.5%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 141%. Over the whole period it spent 358% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Francis Winham Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sandhurst Day Centre Association (£349k), Warrant Officers' and Senior Ratings' Mess HMS Heron (£351k) and The Cardigan County Agricultural Show Society (£348k).