R L Glasspool Charity Trust

Analysis

R L Glasspool Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, R L Glasspool Charity Trust reported income of £2.4m and spending of £4.7m, spending 196% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £2.4m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, R L Glasspool Charity Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kerith Community Church (£2.4m), Joffe Charitable Trust CIO (£2.4m) and Society of the Sacred Heart CIO (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 94% and charitable activities 6.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.5m. It employed 2 people.