Dawn Charitable Trust

Analysis

Dawn Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dawn Charitable Trust reported income of £182k and spending of £132k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £248k to £182k (-27%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dawn Charitable Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dominican Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus CIO (£182k), City Health Care Partnership Foundation (£182k) and Wessex Medical Trust (£182k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.