Gloucestershire Catholic Educational Trust

Analysis

Gloucestershire Catholic Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in January 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01961978). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Gloucestershire Catholic Educational Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £26k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £6.9m to £70k (-99%), an average of -78% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Gloucestershire Catholic Educational Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% 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 Edgbarrow School Parent Teacher Association (£70k), 35th Sheffield (St Oswald's) Scout Group (£70k) and Chatterbox Pre-School Playgroup (£70k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.