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The George Cadbury Trust (George Henry T and Laurence J Cadbury Sections)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1040999BirminghamGrant-making and general purposes
Income£446k2025-04-05
Spending£437ksame year
Spent / received111%5-year average
Size in its cause91st pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered1994Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The George Cadbury Trust (George Henry T and Laurence J Cadbury Sections) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 1994, 32 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 2025, The George Cadbury Trust (George Henry T and Laurence J Cadbury Sections) reported income of £446k and spending of £437k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £381k to £446k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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 George Cadbury Trust (George Henry T and Laurence J Cadbury Sections) sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The 1989 Willan Charitable Trust (£444k), The Harrison Foundation (£447k) and Bromley Voluntary Sector Trust (£444k).

Income and spending

£0£138k£277k£415k£554k2021 Income: £381,1972021 Spending: £553,87620212022 Income: £422,4502022 Spending: £463,39020222023 Income: £440,6692023 Spending: £448,84920232024 Income: £438,1222024 Spending: £456,83420242025 Income: £445,6892025 Spending: £437,4042025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The objects of the charity are summarised as being for or to such charitable objects, purposes, institutions, or societies as the Trustees in their discretion think fit with no defined beneficial area.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The 1989 Willan Charitable TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne£444k
The Harrison FoundationNewcastle Upon Tyne£447k
Bromley Voluntary Sector TrustBromley£444k
The Rathbones Group FoundationLondon£448k