The Gredley Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Gredley Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in September 1990, 36 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 and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Gredley Charitable Trust reported income of £39k and spending of £106k, spending 274% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £114k to £39k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped 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, The Gredley Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Thames Charitable Trust (£39k), The Lee Rigby Foundation Limited (£39k) and Bravetree Limited (£39k).

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.