GAMLEN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 327977 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GAMLEN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GAMLEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST

Making grants and donations to various charities for the promotion of legal education and the relief of poverty.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£700k

Latest spending

£704k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,545 for the year ended 5 April 2025, compared to a deficit of £18,349 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,122,258, which the trustees describe as guaranteeing a steady stream of investment income to finance grants. The trustees confirmed that sufficient funding is in place to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (93% of income)

“Investment income 65,364” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: to hold such funds as to guarantee a steady stream of investment income to finance grants and donations paid in the year (held: £2.1m)

“The policy is to hold such funds as to guarantee a steady stream of investment income to finance grants and donations paid in the year.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£700k

Total spending

£704k

Cost of raising funds

£653k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 93.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Fra Julian William Mark Chadwick · trustee of 2 other charities
Gianfranco Bosi
PAUL GERARD EATON

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£700k	£704k
05/04/2024	£609k	£627k
05/04/2023	£401k	£520k
05/04/2022	£394k	£338k
05/04/2021	£42k	£44k

Common questions

Is GAMLEN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,545 for the year ended 5 April 2025, compared to a deficit of £18,349 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,122,258, which the trustees describe as guaranteeing a steady stream of investment income to finance grants. The trustees confirmed that sufficient funding is in place to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. 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
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST	1	£12k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k

Charities like this

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

RACHEL CHARITABLE TRUST income £5.4m
MAGEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £165k
PROJECT MALA CHARITABLE TRUST income £218k
THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £589k
THE BOTHWELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £145k
SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST income £820k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GAMLEN CHARITABLE TRUST	£700k	—	above	—	no doubt
RACHEL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£5.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MAGEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£165k	—	above	—	no doubt
PROJECT MALA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£218k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£589k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BOTHWELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£145k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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