Oscar and Rosa Davis Charitable Trust
Analysis
Oscar and Rosa Davis Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in June 1993, 33 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 March 2025, Oscar and Rosa Davis Charitable Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £40k, spending 198% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £20k to £20k (+0.0%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 138% 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, Oscar and Rosa Davis Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abertillery Workmen's Welfare Institute (£20k), Gm4women2028 (£20k) and D J H Currie Memorial Trust (£20k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Trust's policy is to make a number of donations to groups working in many charitable fields. There are no specified areas of benefit and donations have been made to charities concerned with medical research, disability and handicap, the elderly, children and young people, the disadvantaged, and the environment and the arts.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Abertillery Workmen's Welfare Institute | Blaenau Gwent | £20k |
| Gm4women2028 | Manchester | £20k |
| D J H Currie Memorial Trust | Bristol | £20k |
| Al Islam Family Foundation | Leeds | £20k |