Guideposts Trust Limited

Analysis

Guideposts Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Witney. It was registered in January 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01282361). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Guideposts Trust Limited reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.7m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £2.9m (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Guideposts Trust Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forgotten Women (£2.9m), Leicester Hospitals Charity (£2.9m) and Swindon & Gloucestershire Mind LTD (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71%, donations and legacies 27% and investments 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £392k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 7.0%. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 85 people.