The Friends of St Francis Katete Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Friends of St Francis Katete Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shaftesbury. It was registered in September 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Friends of St Francis Katete Charitable Trust reported income of £288k and spending of £239k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £152k to £288k (+89%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Friends of St Francis Katete Charitable Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% 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 Child of Hope (£288k), Imra (£288k) and Sydenham Neighbourhood Initiatives Limited (£288k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.