The Aldingbourne Gospel Trust

Analysis

The Aldingbourne Gospel Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in May 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Aldingbourne Gospel Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £29k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £24k to £22k (-9.3%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Aldingbourne Gospel Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Baldock (£22k), The Bee Sanctuary Movement (£22k) and Banbury Parkinson's Fellowship (£22k).

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.