The Garrick Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Garrick Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Garrick Charitable Trust reported income of £63k and spending of £343k, spending 548% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £22k to £63k (+184%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 207%. Over the whole period it spent 653% 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 Garrick Charitable Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stainsby Folk Group (£63k), Billingham International Folklore Festival Limited (£63k) and Dilys Guite Players Limited (£63k).

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.