The Good Luck Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Good Luck Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Good Luck Charitable Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £128k, leaving 88% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £175k to £1.1m (+520%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 1070%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Good Luck Charitable Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jacobs Charitable Trust (£1.1m), Club Peloton (£1.1m) and The KPMG Foundation (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and investments 11%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 6.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £110k. Reserves of £115k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate.