The Ditch Foundation

Analysis

The Ditch Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chipping Norton. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ditch Foundation reported income of £32k and spending of £35k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £28k to £32k (+14%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Ditch Foundation sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community of Christ (Denton) (£32k), Croydon Church of the Nazarene (£32k) and 12th Warrington East (1st Birchwood) Scout Group (£32k).