Franciscan Aid

Analysis

Franciscan Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in September 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Franciscan Aid reported income of £61k and spending of £68k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £56k to £61k (+9.5%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Franciscan Aid sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shiloh United Church of Christ Apostolic Worldwide (£61k), Rotary Club of Tarporley Trust Fund (£62k) and The Ithaca Trust (£61k).

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.