The Gould Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Gould Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 April 2025, The Gould Family Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £27k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £19k to £21k (+7.8%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 134% 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 Gould Family Charitable 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 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Good Health Africa (£21k), The Springmead Trust (£21k) and Congolese Support Group (CSG) (£21k).

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.