Farrer and Co Charitable Trust

Analysis

Farrer and Co Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Farrer and Co Charitable Trust reported income of £102k and spending of £100k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £52k to £102k (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Farrer and Co Charitable Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Moorhayes Community Association (£101k), Highfields Trust CIO (£102k) and The Ardwick Trust (£101k).