Gale Charitable Trust

Analysis

Gale Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales. It was registered in April 2021, 5 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 2025, Gale Charitable Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £99k, spending 415% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2025, income grew from £2,337 to £24k (+926%), an average of +117% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 265%. Over the whole period it spent 467% 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, Gale Charitable Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashingdon and Rochford U3a (£24k), Cmist (£24k) and The Cowley Charitable Foundation (£24k).

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.