The Gay and Keith Talbot Trust

Analysis

The Gay and Keith Talbot Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kendal. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, overseas aid/famine relief and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The Gay and Keith Talbot Trust reported income of £487k and spending of £242k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £212k to £487k (+130%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Gay and Keith Talbot Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir (£487k), Brinzel (£487k) and Citizens Advice Reigate and Banstead Limited (£487k).