The Godinton Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Godinton Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in October 1975, 51 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 October 2025, The Godinton Charitable Trust reported income of £153k and spending of £212k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £187k to £153k (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Godinton Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gransden and District Agricultural Society (£153k), D C R Allen Charitable Trust (£153k) and The Blyth Watson Charitable Trust (£151k).