The Desai Family Charity Trust

Analysis

The Desai Family Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Desai Family Charity Trust reported income of £134k and spending of £142k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £39 to £134k (+342459%), an average of +665% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 54903%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Desai Family Charity Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Gransden Pre-School Playgroup (£133k), Badger's Farm and Oliver's Battery Residents Community Association (£134k) and Suffolk County Scout Council (£131k).