The Dromintee Trust

Analysis

The Dromintee Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Dromintee Trust reported income of £717k and spending of £1.2m, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £534k to £717k (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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 Dromintee Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% 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 Doncaster Young Men's Christian Association (£717k), The Mirianog Trust (£718k) and Northcliffe Environmental Enterprises Team (£715k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77% and investments 23%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.