The Ardgowan Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ardgowan Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Ardgowan Charitable Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £16k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £24k to £18k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 1162%. Over the whole period it spent 150% 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 Ardgowan Charitable Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Alan Robert Laken Charitable Trust (£18k), Divine Power Ministries (£18k) and The John Cumber Charity (£18k).