Dens Limited

Analysis

Dens Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hemel Hempstead. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04610820). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dens Limited reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.5m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £2.6m (+8.3%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dens Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include C.m.a. Community Nursery Ltd (£2.6m), The Galilee Foundation (£2.6m) and Recycling Lives Charity (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 38%, donations and legacies 24% and trading 4.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £36k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £771k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 54 people.