Gislingham United Charity

Analysis

Gislingham United Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in December 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gislingham United Charity reported income of £19k and spending of £11k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £360k to £19k (-95%), an average of -52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gislingham United Charity sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somaliland Education and Environmental Relief Organisation (£19k), The Durham Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Benevolent Fund (£19k) and Ansarul-Lah Mission (£19k).