The Falconer Trust

Analysis

The Falconer Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in September 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Falconer Trust reported income of £297k and spending of £290k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £199k to £297k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Falconer Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The HM Tower of London Chapels Royal Foundation (£297k), The Lawyers' Christian Fellowship (£298k) and The Society for the Relief of the Homeless Poor (£297k).