Gainsborough Trinity Foundation

Analysis

Gainsborough Trinity Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Gainsborough Trinity Foundation reported income of £597k and spending of £724k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £563k to £597k (+6.2%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gainsborough Trinity Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Truants Foundation (£597k), Hayden Family (UK) Ltd. (£598k) and Destination Florida (£597k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69%, trading 30% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Charitable activities took 68% of spending and raising funds 32%. It employed 27 people.

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.