THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 269501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes grants to other registered charities, either national charities or local charities in South Wales, Suffolk, Norfolk or Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. No grants to individuals

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£29.1m

Latest spending

£3.4m

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £124,261,062, driven by significant investment gains of £24,314,710 and a legacy receipt. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £2,499,692, which the trustees consider adequate but excessive relative to their policy of distributing virtually all unrestricted income annually. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: distribute virtually the whole of the income on the unrestricted funds for each year (held: £2.5m)

“It is not their policy to build up substantial reserves but to distribute virtually the whole of the income on the unrestricted f unds f or each year shortly af ter that y ear’s end.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Deborah Connor received £7,110 for management of grant payments and preparation of accounts.

“One trustee, Deborah Connor, received £7,110 (2025 - £7,333) f or management of grant payments and preparation of the accounts.” — page 21

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2026)

Total income

£29.1m

Total spending

£3.4m

Cost of raising funds

£333k

Reserves (reported)

£2.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alicia Gibson
DEBORAH LOUISE CONNOR ACA,BA
GEORGE DAVID GIBSON · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN GEORGE RICHARDS HOMFRAY · trustee of 2 other charities
Virginia Lort

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2026	£29.1m	£3.4m
05/04/2025	£2.6m	£2.9m
05/04/2024	£74.5m	£1.3m
05/04/2023	£948k	£1.1m
05/04/2022	£1.1m	£813k

Common questions

Is THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased to £124,261,062, driven by significant investment gains of £24,314,710 and a legacy receipt. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £2,499,692, which the trustees consider adequate but excessive relative to their policy of distributing virtually all unrestricted income annually. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

Who funds THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include The Wavertree Education Trust Limited.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Wavertree Education Trust Limited	FY2024	£12k	Grant to support students on Level 2 course

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £443k
THE SUMMERFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £264k
THE G C GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £560k
THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST income £115k
THE HUGH SYMONS CHARITABLE TRUST income £314k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST income £184k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	£29.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£443k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SUMMERFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£264k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE G C GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£560k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HUGH SYMONS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£314k	—	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.