Francis House Family Trust

Analysis

Francis House Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in July 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02519173). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Francis House Family Trust reported income of £6.0m and spending of £7.9m, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.4m to £6.0m (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Francis House Family Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dr Kershaw's Hospice (£6.0m), Teesside Hospice Care Foundation (£6.0m) and Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice (£6.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 50%, charitable activities 28%, trading 14% and investments 7.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.5m. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 4.5%. Reserves of £24.6m would cover about 36 months of spending at that rate. It employed 125 people.

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.