The Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust

Analysis

The Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in October 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £30k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £26k to £22k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wonderful Gospel Ministries (£22k), Whitmore Reans Community Association (£22k) and Colebrook Community Association (£22k).