The Gordon Gray Trust

Analysis

The Gordon Gray Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tewkesbury. It was registered in September 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, 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 September 2025, The Gordon Gray Trust reported income of £149k and spending of £208k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £134k to £149k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 124% 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 Gordon Gray Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Wales Freemasons Charity (£148k), Canolfan Gymunedol Ystradowen Community Centre Ltd (£149k) and Friends and Places Together (£148k).

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.