The Anita Goulden Trust

Analysis

The Anita Goulden Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Anita Goulden Trust reported income of £489k and spending of £114k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £88k to £489k (+453%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 380%. Over the whole period it spent 47% 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 Anita Goulden Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Genetics Society (£489k), Cartwheel Arts Limited (£489k) and Nepal Leprosy Trust (£489k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.