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The Gibbs Charitable Trusts

The Gibbs Charitable Trusts is a registered charity (number 207997) based in Bristol, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Dr John Newton Gibbs. Latest income £102k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Gibbs Charitable Trust, Gibbs Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £102k (2025)

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
Where
Powys, Bristol City, Cardiff, Ghana and more
Website
www.gibbstrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£102k£203k
  • 2024£104k£205k
  • 2023£102k£166k
Earlier years
  • 2022£100k£220k
  • 2021£101k£95k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable 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.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Overseas Aid/famine Relief 2Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 4Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£102k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
207997
Status
Registered
Governing document
DEEDS OF SETTLEMENT DATED 21ST OCTOBER 1946, 19TH FEBRUARY 1950, 21ST MAY 1957, 8TH AUGUST 1957, 15TH JUNE 1959, 13TH OCTOBER 1959 AND 12TH MAY 1961
Contact on the register
0117 9736615 · jamesgibbs@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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