The Dezna Robins Jones Charitable Foundation
Analysis
The Dezna Robins Jones Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgend. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Dezna Robins Jones Charitable Foundation reported income of £42k and spending of £114k, spending 275% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £31k to £42k (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 212%. Over the whole period it spent 362% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Dezna Robins Jones Charitable Foundation sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samaritans of Derby and District (£42k), Lobular Breast Cancer UK (£42k) and Kenya Wildlife Trust UK (£42k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To pay or apply its income in perpetuity for such charitable purposes as the trustees at their absolute discretion from time to time think fit in the United Kingdom or outside the United Kingdom. In the current year the charity supported mainly medical charities.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Samaritans of Derby and District | Derby | £42k |
| Lobular Breast Cancer UK | Manchester | £42k |
| Kenya Wildlife Trust UK | Oakham | £42k |
| Asha-Nepal | York | £42k |