The Gibbons Family Trust

Analysis

The Gibbons Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in January 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Gibbons Family Trust reported income of £94k and spending of £167k, spending 177% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £94k to £94k (+0.3%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Gibbons Family Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Threlkeld Village Hall CIO (£94k), The Female Lead (£95k) and Orchard Saturday Club (£94k).

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.