The Violet Delaney Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Violet Delaney Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in September 2003, 23 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Violet Delaney Charitable Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £13k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £17k to £22k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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 Violet Delaney Charitable Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crawley Village Hall Trust (£22k), Litlington Village Hall (£22k) and New Mapledurwell and Up Nately Village Hall (£22k).