The David Gibbons Foundation

Analysis

The David Gibbons Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The David Gibbons Foundation reported income of £124k and spending of £176k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £125k to £124k (-0.1%), an average of +-0.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 137% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The David Gibbons Foundation 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 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cotton Textiles Research Trust (£124k), Central Amenities Fund, HMS Sultan (£128k) and RAF Wittering Sergeants' Mess (£124k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.