The Damascus Trust

Analysis

The Damascus Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tamworth. It was registered in August 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Damascus Trust reported income of £47k and spending of £52k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £66k to £47k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Damascus 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 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bromyard Foodbank & Money Advice Centre (£47k), Africa Christian Fellowship (UK and Eire) (£47k) and The Nagajuna Trust (£47k).

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.