The Goldcrest Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Goldcrest Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Goldcrest Charitable Trust reported income of £193k and spending of £198k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £134k to £193k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 625%. Over the whole period it spent 253% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Goldcrest Charitable Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wragby and District Swimming Club (£193k), Leeds Refugee Forum (£193k) and Community Foundation for Wakefield (£192k).

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.