The Sir Robert Gooch Trust

Analysis

The Sir Robert Gooch Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in November 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Sir Robert Gooch Trust reported income of £47k and spending of £50k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £32k to £47k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 Sir Robert Gooch Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The 4 Better Foundation (£47k), Salford Heart Care (£47k) and The Kaniki Trust (£47k).