The Drandjeaw Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Drandjeaw Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Drandjeaw Charitable Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £36k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £24k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 182% 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 Drandjeaw Charitable Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Joy Goat Development Programme Uganda (£24k), The Bristol Reggae Orchestra (£24k) and Prayer Walk Missions Ltd (£24k).

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.