Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust

Analysis

Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £82k, spending 401% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £13k to £20k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 429% 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, Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% 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 Natural Sciences Collections Association (£20k), North Frodingham Social Centre (£20k) and Haydon Bridge Community Association (£20k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.