Gainsborough Dispensary Charity for the Poor of Gainsborough and Morton

Analysis

Gainsborough Dispensary Charity for the Poor of Gainsborough and Morton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gainsborough. It was registered in January 1966, 60 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 individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gainsborough Dispensary Charity for the Poor of Gainsborough and Morton reported income of £11k and spending of £11k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £9,354 to £11k (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gainsborough Dispensary Charity for the Poor of Gainsborough and Morton sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Luton International Church (£11k), Maranatha Church Exeter (£11k) and Ockley United Charities (£11k).