The Gilbert Edgar Trust

Analysis

The Gilbert Edgar Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Henley-on-Thames. It was registered in January 1963, 63 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, The Gilbert Edgar Trust reported income of £49k and spending of £49k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £43k to £49k (+14%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 118% 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 Gilbert Edgar Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abshot Community Association (£49k), R a and V B Reekie Trust (£49k) and Quantock Foundation CIO (£49k).

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.