Global Support Trust

Analysis

Global Support Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Global Support Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £34k, spending 236% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £105k to £14k (-86%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Global Support Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greek Cypriot Association of Wales (£14k), Ubaka U Rwanda (£14k) and Thamizhar Munnerra Kazhagam (£14k).

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.