Good Deeds Trust

Analysis

Good Deeds Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Good Deeds Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £9,963, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £35k to £17k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Good Deeds Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nettlebed Sports Association (£17k), Larsen's Pride (£17k) and Ganga Prem Hospice (£17k).