The Gillham Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Gillham Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in November 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Gillham Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £13k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £18k to £21k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Gillham Charitable Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Bristol Trust Fund (£21k), Friends of Mengo Hospital (£21k) and Etsako Progressive Union England and Wales (£21k).