The Gertrude Gourvitch Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Gertrude Gourvitch Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in September 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Gertrude Gourvitch Charitable Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £9,652, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £23k to £20k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Gertrude Gourvitch Charitable Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% 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 Stanton Drew Lecture Hall (£20k), Earl Stonham Village Hall (£20k) and Rillington Young Farmers' Club (£20k).