Michael Davies Charitable Settlement

Analysis

Michael Davies Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Michael Davies Charitable Settlement reported income of £10k and spending of £330k, spending 3172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £3,249 to £10k (+220%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 1041100%. Over the whole period it spent 224% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Michael Davies Charitable Settlement sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rainford Welfare and Old Folk's Treat Committee (£10k), Longbarn Residents' Association (£10k) and Rotary Club of Sutton in Ashfield Welfare Fund (£10k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.