The Gordon Ernest Silberman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Gordon Ernest Silberman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Gordon Ernest Silberman Charitable Trust reported income of £55k and spending of £83k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £19k to £55k (+187%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Gordon Ernest Silberman Charitable Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aduk Church (£55k), Llandudno Youth for Christ (£55k) and Masjid Bilal and Islamic Centre (£54k).