The John Gilpin Trust

Analysis

The John Gilpin Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in October 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The John Gilpin Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £56k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £50k to £70k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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 John Gilpin Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gapper Charitable Trust (£70k), Chadwell Heath Community Centre (£70k) and The Thomas Moffitt Clark Charitable Trust (£70k).