The Gillian Dickinson Trust

Analysis

The Gillian Dickinson Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Gillian Dickinson Trust reported income of £35k and spending of £146k, spending 421% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £43k to £35k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 317% 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 Gillian Dickinson Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Corby Village Association (£35k), Norfolk Mills and Pumps Trust (£35k) and Riverside Theatre Company (£35k).

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.