The Dove Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Dove Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in May 1996, 30 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 June 2026, The Dove Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £13k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income grew from £9,097 to £10k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, The Dove Charitable Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Allhallows Charity (£10k), The Penley Village Hall (£10k) and Longbarn Residents' Association (£10k).