The Gaia Trust (CIO)

Analysis

The Gaia Trust (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Winkleigh. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The Gaia Trust (CIO) reported income of £105k and spending of £147k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income fell from £126k to £105k (-17%), an average of -4.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Gaia Trust (CIO) sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boltons Garden Enclosures (£105k), Rickmansworth Waterways Trust Limited (£105k) and Long Mead Foundation (£104k).

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.