Gerrard and Audrey Couch Charitable Trust

Analysis

Gerrard and Audrey Couch Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in September 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and animals, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gerrard and Audrey Couch Charitable Trust reported income of £85k and spending of £66k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £21k to £85k (+296%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Gerrard and Audrey Couch Charitable Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anwar-E-Madinah Trust (£85k), Croft Village Hall (£85k) and Bow Muslim Cultural Centre (£84k).