Gems Charity

Analysis

Gems Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Gems Charity reported income of £31k and spending of £2,007, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £19k to £31k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Gems Charity 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 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gess Charitable Trust (£31k), Age Concern Mansfield (£31k) and Planet Earth Games Trust (£31k).