Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Charitable Fund

Analysis

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Charitable Fund reported income of £664k and spending of £364k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £795k to £664k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Charitable Fund sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Countess Charity (£664k), Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre (£664k) and Wycombe Women's Aid Limited (£663k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90%, investments 7.2% and trading 3.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £445k. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 18%.