The Dci Foundation

Analysis

The Dci Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in December 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02563910). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2026, The Dci Foundation reported income of £53k and spending of £63k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to May 2026, income fell from £67k to £53k (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Dci Foundation sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southbank Enterprise Trust Ltd. (£53k), Bearded Fishermen (£53k) and Denton West End Community Library (£53k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.