The David Telling Charitable Trust

Analysis

The David Telling Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2024, The David Telling Charitable Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £46k, spending 178% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income fell from £33k to £26k (-21%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 260% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The David Telling Charitable Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Whitbybird Foundation (£26k), The Ivy Child Charitable Trust (£26k) and The Edwina Lilley Charitable Trust (£26k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.