The Dennis Hooley Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Dennis Hooley Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in October 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Dennis Hooley Charitable Trust reported income of £30k and spending of £37k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £14k to £30k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 174% 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 Dennis Hooley Charitable Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Whaley Bridge Community Trust (£30k), Shirehampton Community Action Forum (£30k) and The St Timothy Foundation (£30k).

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.