Edith Bessie Gibson Trust

Analysis

Edith Bessie Gibson Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in July 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Edith Bessie Gibson Trust reported income of £233k and spending of £311k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £230k to £233k (+1.4%), an average of +0.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Edith Bessie Gibson Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kollel D'chasidei Belz Ltd (£233k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of John Keble (£233k) and The Redeemer Trust (£233k).

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.