The Gordon Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Gordon Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Gordon Family Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £38k, spending 314% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £59k to £12k (-79%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, The Gordon Family Charitable Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Slapton Village Hall (£12k), The Felicity Lodge Benevolent Fund (£12k) and Stock Over 60's Club (£12k).

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.