The Francis Bacon Research Trust

Analysis

The Francis Bacon Research Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Banbury. It was registered in August 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Francis Bacon Research Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £31k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £41k to £20k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Francis Bacon Research Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hursthead Infant School Parent/Staff Association (£20k), Fleet Infant School Association (£20k) and Parents and Friends of Plymouth College. (£20k).

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.