Gatwick Travel-Care

Analysis

Gatwick Travel-Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in December 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gatwick Travel-Care reported income of £104k and spending of £77k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £73k to £104k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gatwick Travel-Care sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Generate (£104k), St Paul's Boxing Academy Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£104k) and Great Parks Community Association (£104k).