County of Gloucestershire Community Foundation

Analysis

County of Gloucestershire Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in November 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02420411). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, County of Gloucestershire Community Foundation reported income of £583k and spending of £587k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £470k to £583k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 143% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, County of Gloucestershire Community Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children's Book Project (£583k), Missenden Walled Garden CIO (£584k) and Highbury Vale-Blackstock Trust (£583k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74% and investments 26%. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 27%. Reserves of £90k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

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.