The Cynthia Dickinson Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Cynthia Dickinson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Cynthia Dickinson Charitable Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £26k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £13k to £18k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 177% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Cynthia Dickinson Charitable Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birmingham Stock Exchange Benevolent Fund (£18k), Family of Hope Church UK (£18k) and The Church of Grace International (£18k).

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.