THE FALCONER TRUST

Registered charity 280864 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting The Falconer Children's Home and Orphanage in Zambia by :-1.sending out parcels of clothing, dried foods, and toiletries.2.forwarding gifts of money for the local needs of the home and helping with projects to aid the Home's immediate and long term development.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY MEANS OF - (A) ASSISTING IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FALCONER HOME AND ORPHANAGE IN ZAMBIA; AND (B) MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITABLE CHILDREN'S HOMES AND ORPHANAGES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£297k
Latest spending
£290k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £159 for the year ended 5th April 2025, following a significant loss in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the charity is adapting its operations by ceasing parcel shipments to reduce costs and moving to smaller premises. The charity holds accumulated funds of £63,106, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 15/02/2024, 10 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£297k£290k
05/04/2024£150k£183k
05/04/2023£227k£186k
05/04/2022£185k£204k
05/04/2021£199k£147k

Common questions

Is THE FALCONER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £159 for the year ended 5th April 2025, following a significant loss in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the charity is adapting its operations by ceasing parcel shipments to reduce costs and moving to smaller premises. The charity holds accumulated funds of £63,106, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE FALCONER TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FALCONER TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARGARET, BURNAGE, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW GREAT ILFORD, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL GOODMAYES.

Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FALCON COLLEGE OVERSEAS TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FALCONER TRUST£297k—0unclear—no doubt
FALCON COLLEGE OVERSEAS TRUST FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt
HEAL PROJECT FY2025£52k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ZAMBIA SOCIETY TRUST FY2025£83k—0unclear—no doubt
AFRICA ENTERPRISE TRUST FY2025£31k—0above—no doubt
ORPHANS IN THE WILD FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.