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Jill and Norman Franklin Trust

Registered charity 1000175 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JILL FRANKLIN TRUST, SOCIAL ACTION

Grants to organisations working with refugees and asylum seekers, people with mental health or learning disabilities, desistance from crime, domestic violence. Grants are given to organisations working in NE England and Central Scotland. A small number of grants are given for restoration of architecturally important churches. Refer to our website for current application policies.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£274k
Latest spending
£372k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £154,026 for the year, reducing total funds from £2,010,981 to £1,856,955. The trustees have resolved to spend down the trust's capital over a period of approximately 10-15 years from 2023, with future grant commitments of £491,630 already made for the following year. The trustees consider the risk of insufficient funds to support these commitments to be negligible given the current asset base.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient liquid funds to cover committed and likely expenditure (held: £1.9m)
“The trustees aim to keep sufficient liquid funds to cover committed and likely expenditure.” — page 10
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£557k
Total spending
£657k
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~36.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2026£274k£372k
05/04/2025£557k£657k
05/04/2024£72k£267k
05/04/2023£78k£208k
05/04/2022£87k£174k

Common questions

Is Jill and Norman Franklin Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £154,026 for the year, reducing total funds from £2,010,981 to £1,856,955. The trustees have resolved to spend down the trust's capital over a period of approximately 10-15 years from 2023, with future grant commitments of £491,630 already made for the following year. The trustees consider the risk of insufficient funds to support these commitments to be negligible given the current asset base. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Jill and Norman Franklin Trust?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Jill and Norman Franklin Trust as a grant recipient include COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTD, SEAFORD BAPTIST CHURCH.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTDFY2025£10kGrant funding of activities
COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTDFY2024£5kLocal
SEAFORD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2022£5kGrants to institutions
COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTDFY2021£3k
SEAFORD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2024£2kGrants to institutions: Social action