The George Davies Charitable Trust

Analysis

The George Davies Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Moreton-in-Marsh D.O. It was registered in June 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The George Davies Charitable Trust reported income of £919k and spending of £390k, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £2.2m to £919k (-58%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 1016%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The George Davies Charitable Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pregnancy Expectations Trauma and Loss Society (£919k), Footprints in the Community (£919k) and C2c Social Action (£918k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 68% and investments 18%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £375k. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 78 months of spending at that rate.