Gaia House Trust

Analysis

Gaia House Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Abbot. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02459323). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gaia House Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £582k to £1.3m (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Gaia House Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soas Students' Union (£1.3m), European Missionary Fellowship (£1.3m) and Downside Abbey General Trust (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, donations and legacies 21% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £753k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.