THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS

Registered charity 207997 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUST, GIBBS TRUST

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Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE TRUST), FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE METHODIST CHURCH IN TH UK OR ANY DEPARTMENT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total funds decreased to £3,389,036 from £3,639,772 in the prior year, primarily due to a net loss on investments of £149,191. Free reserves stood at £44,242, which the trustees confirm meets their desired level of reserves. The charity reported a net expenditure of £250,736 for the year, funded by investment income of £101,756 and transfers from endowment funds.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr JOHN NEWTON GIBBSchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ANDREW GOLDSWORTHY GIBBS MA FCA
• CELIA FELICITY GIBBS
• Dr JESSICA FAITH GIBBS
• Dr JOHN EDWARD GIBBS
• ELIZABETH GIBBS
• JAMES DANIEL GIBBS
• James Morel Gibbs · trustee of 2 other charities
• PATIENCE ROSINA ANSAA GIBBS
• REBECCA NEWTON KONYO GIBBS
• ROSETTA JULIET GIBBS
• Timothy Samuel Gibbs
• WILLIAM MALCOLM GIBBS · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bristol City · Cardiff · Ghana · Kenya · Powys · Sierra Leone · South Sudan · Zambia · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE G C GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE G C GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £560k
• THE JAMES GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £45k
• THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £95.5m
• THE THORESBY CHARITABLE TRUST income £59k
• OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.0m
• THE SEABY FOUNDATION income £131k

Side by side with its peers

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