The Garlthorpe Charity

Analysis

The Garlthorpe Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Goole. It was registered in April 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Garlthorpe Charity reported income of £20k and spending of £28k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £24k to £20k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 129% 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 Garlthorpe Charity sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dorstone Playing Field (£20k), Rotary Club of Ross on Wye Trust Fund (£20k) and Sidmouth Living with Cancer Support Group (£20k).