The Goodenough Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Goodenough Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton Coldfield. It was registered in January 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Goodenough Charitable Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £86k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £47k to £50k (+7.3%), an average of +1.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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 Goodenough Charitable Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include University Mental Health Advisers Network (Umhan) (£50k), Freedom House Church Ltd (£50k) and Frowds House (£50k).