Gladstone Charitable Trust

Analysis

Gladstone Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in February 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Gladstone Charitable Trust reported income of £201k and spending of £111k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £180k to £201k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gladstone Charitable Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home4u Cardiff (£201k), Manchester City Chapel (£201k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michaels, Twerton, Bath (£201k).