The Denning Fund

Analysis

The Denning Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Denning Fund reported income of £224k and spending of £210k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £172k to £224k (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Denning Fund sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Firestation Pre-School (Malton & Norton) (£224k), High Wych Pre-School Nursery (£224k) and Beee Creative CIO (£224k).