A W Gale Charitable Trust

Analysis

A W Gale Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devizes. It was registered in March 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, A W Gale Charitable Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £21k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £13k to £15k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, A W Gale Charitable Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wolverhampton Church Association for the Deaf (£15k), Kit US Out (£15k) and St Peters School Association (£15k).

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.