The Gallus Trust

Analysis

The Gallus Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2017, 9 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 April 2026, The Gallus Trust reported income of £85k and spending of £89k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £42k to £85k (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 154%. Over the whole period it spent 132% 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 Gallus Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shropshire Masonic Charitable Association (£85k), The Roger and Sarah Bancroft Clark Charitable Trust (£85k) and Voluntary and Community Action East Cambridgeshire (£85k).

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.