The Sir John Gielgud Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sir John Gielgud Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Sir John Gielgud Charitable Trust reported income of £63k and spending of £154k, spending 245% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £60k to £63k (+4.6%), an average of +1.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 243% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Sir John Gielgud Charitable Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aspire Liverpool (£63k), Sunbeams Playgroup + Gwernaffield (£63k) and The Francis Bernard Caunt Education Trust (£63k).

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.