The Didham Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Didham Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in May 1992, 34 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, The Didham Charitable Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £18k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £12k to £19k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, The Didham Charitable Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hartfield Village Hall (£19k), The Matthew Ludlam Foundation (£19k) and The Ashford Rotary Club Trust (£19k).