The Honourable Company of Gloucestershire Charitable Trust
What it does
The promotion of exclusively charitable purposes which are beneficial to the counties of Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire. This includes the advancement of education and training, arts culture and heritage, health, amateur sport, conservation of historic buildings, relief of poverty, improvement of community relations and social conditions.
Its charitable purposes
1.1.THE PROMOTION OF ANY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES IS BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE COUNTY OF SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INCLUDING:- 1.1.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING; 1.1.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE; 1.1.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND/OR SAVING OF LIVES; 1.1.4. THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT; 1.1.5. THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND SITES; 1.1.6. THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY; 1.1.7. THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.1.2.TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE COUNTY OF SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 1.3.TO ASSIST ANY SOCIETY, CORPORATION, CHARITY OR OTHER BODY OR PERSON BY ADVICE, GRANTS OR MONEY WITHIN THE PURPOSES OF THE TRUST. 1.4.TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH, SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Recreation
- Who it helps
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- The general public
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Makes grants to organisations
- Provides other finance
- Sponsors or carries out research
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Gloucestershire
- South Gloucestershire
Area of benefit in its governing document: The County of Gloucestershire and South
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £43,787 and spent £36,603.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £43,787 | £36,603 | Not reported | 2 |
| 31 March 2025 | £31,502 | £39,962 | Not reported | 2 |
| 31 March 2024 | £56,718 | £37,375 | Not reported | 2 |
| 31 March 2023 | £28,722 | £24,850 | Not reported | 1 |
| 31 March 2022 | £32,488 | £17,050 | Not reported | 2 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 35%, from £32,488 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £43,787 in the year to 31 March 2026.
- Spending against income
- It spent 84% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
9 trustees run the charity.
- Andrew Michael Tiffin Downton
- Duncan John Studd Munro
- Julie Dawn Kent MBE
- Karen Jane Morgan OBE, DL
- Mark Hurrell
- Michael David Jones
- Peter Andrew Lachecki
- Robert Wharton
- William Harry John Armiger
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | 31 January 2027 | Received 3 August 2026, 181 days early | Received 3 August 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 11 July 2025, 204 days early | Received 11 July 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 23 September 2024, 130 days early | Received 23 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 16 October 2023, 107 days early | Received 16 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 21 June 2022, 224 days early | Received 21 June 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1147656
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 12 June 2012
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 21/03/2012AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 08/09/2015 as amended on 25 Jan 2022 as amended on 10 Jun 2022 as amended on 04 Dec 2024
- Company number
- 06442628This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.honcoglos.org/about/the-trust.html
- Council area of its contact address
- Monmouthshire
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.