The Gibbs Charitable Trusts

Analysis

The Gibbs Charitable Trusts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Gibbs Charitable Trusts reported income of £102k and spending of £203k, spending 200% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £101k to £102k (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 175% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Gibbs Charitable Trusts sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yewdale Counselling Services (£101k), Valli Charitable Trust (£102k) and The Norfolk Federation of Wis (£101k).

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.