Grantchester Village Trust

Analysis

Grantchester Village Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in April 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Grantchester Village Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £32k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £30k to £29k (-5.0%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Grantchester Village Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tsur Yisrael (£29k), Harley's Almshouses (£29k) and Margaret Ogilvie Almshouse Charity (£29k).