Royal Docks Trust (London)

Analysis

Royal Docks Trust (London) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03032232). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Royal Docks Trust (London) reported income of £281k and spending of £483k, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £263k to £281k (+6.5%), an average of +1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Royal Docks Trust (London) sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bexley Snap (£281k), The Shrewsbury Furniture Scheme (£281k) and Training and Research Global Education Trust (£280k).

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.