GLC Charitable Trust

Analysis

GLC Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, GLC Charitable Trust reported income of £220k and spending of £82k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £58k to £220k (+279%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 39% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, GLC Charitable Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Leather Conservation Centre Limited (£220k), Jones the Dance Cyf (£221k) and Ribble Steam Railway Limited (£220k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.