Gresswell Environment Trust

Analysis

Gresswell Environment Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in February 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Gresswell Environment Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £17k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £6,012 to £11k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Gresswell Environment Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cross in Hand Amenities Society (£11k), 1st Church Hill Scout Group (£11k) and Friends of All Saints Church Staplehurst (£11k).