The GB Trust

Analysis

The GB Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The GB Trust reported income of £57k and spending of £59k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15 to £57k (+381040%), an average of +686% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 153680%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The GB 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 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Prestbury Memorial Trust (£57k), Felixstowe Carnival Association (£57k) and The J a Shone Memorial Trust (£57k).