The Gretna Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Gretna Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1993, 33 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.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Gretna Charitable Trust reported income of £78k and spending of £98k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £82k to £78k (-5.4%), an average of -1.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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 Gretna Charitable Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Garl Foundation (£78k), Community Memorial Hall (£78k) and The Royal Tunbridge Wells Round Table Charitable Trust (£78k).