The Glastonbury Trust CIO

Analysis

The Glastonbury Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Glastonbury Trust CIO reported income of £91k and spending of £34k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £47k to £91k (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Glastonbury Trust CIO sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Hardie Park Ltd (£91k), The Devon Archaeological Society (£91k) and British Arachnological Society (£91k).