Gowling WLG (UK) Charitable Trust

Analysis

Gowling WLG (UK) Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Gowling WLG (UK) Charitable Trust reported income of £164k and spending of £206k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £175k to £164k (-6.2%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gowling WLG (UK) Charitable 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 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al Khidmah Foundation (£164k), The Northern Powergrid Foundation (£164k) and Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service (£164k).