G M C TRUST

Registered charity 288418 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants for general charitable purposes which come to the attention of the trustees through their special interests and knowledge. General applications for grants are not encouraged.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£164k

Latest spending

£79k

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £164,549, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet funding commitments for the foreseeable future. The charity's total funds decreased slightly from £4,196,186 to £4,254,969, driven by a reduction in endowment investment values. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted funds ... to meet their funding commitments for the foreseeable future (held: £165k)

“The Trustees' policy is to maintain sufficient unrestricted funds which, regardless of an uneven flow of incoming resources, enable them to meet their funding commitments for the foreseeable future and to respond to emergency applications for grants which may arise.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

BES CADBURYchair · trustee of 2 other charities
MJ CADBURY
MRS CE FOWLER-WRIGHT

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£164k	£79k
05/04/2024	£129k	£124k
05/04/2023	£134k	£140k
05/04/2022	£134k	£194k
05/04/2021	£57k	£114k

Common questions

Is G M C TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £164,549, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet funding commitments for the foreseeable future. The charity's total funds decreased slightly from £4,196,186 to £4,254,969, driven by a reduction in endowment investment values. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MENPHYS LIMITED	1	£45k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £154k
GRAND CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE ORDER OF WOMEN FREEMASONS income £107k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST income £212k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST income £384k
E F AND M G HALL CHARITABLE TRUST income £152k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
G M C TRUST	£164k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£192k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2025	£154k	—	above	—	no doubt
GRAND CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE ORDER OF WOMEN FREEMASONS FY2025	£107k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£212k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£384k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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