The Great Commission Trust

Analysis

The Great Commission Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Great Commission Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £32k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £40k to £34k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Great Commission Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Creating Better Futures (£34k), P.p.a. Trust Limited (£34k) and Community Aid Limited (£34k).