Donna's Dream House

Analysis

Donna's Dream House is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Donna's Dream House reported income of £160k and spending of £164k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £193k to £160k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Donna's Dream House sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cochlear Implanted Children's Support Group (Cic's Group) (£160k), United Mission to Nepal Hospitals Endowment Trust (£160k) and The C J W Trust (£160k).

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.