Gloucestershire Rural Community Council

Analysis

Gloucestershire Rural Community Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03181755). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gloucestershire Rural Community Council reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £1.3m (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Gloucestershire Rural Community Council sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Renaissance-UK Ltd (£1.2m), Youth Focus North East (£1.3m) and Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire Ltd (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84%, investments 7.9%, donations and legacies 6.7% and trading 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,000. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £248k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.