Golden Charitable Trust

Analysis

Golden Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southwold. It was registered in April 1972, 54 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 April 2026, Golden Charitable Trust reported income of £30k and spending of £26k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £37k to £30k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 415% 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, Golden Charitable Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The John Runge Charitable Trust (£30k), Royal Air Forces Association Formby Branch (£30k) and The Coutts Staff Benevolent Trust (£30k).