The Farnham Institute

Analysis

The Farnham Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Farnham. It was registered in May 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Farnham Institute reported income of £35k and spending of £71k, spending 202% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £31k to £35k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 136% 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, The Farnham Institute 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 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Connaught Hall (£35k), The Helen Isabella McMorran Charitable Foundation (£35k) and Watlington Village Hall (£35k).