The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Glasgow. It was registered in May 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust reported income of £96k and spending of £231k, spending 240% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £190k to £96k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 168% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bartlett Taylor Charitable Trust (£96k), The Burges Salmon Charitable Trust (£96k) and North Walsham Community Association (£96k).

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.