The Edward and Dorothy Cadbury Trust

Analysis

The Edward and Dorothy Cadbury Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in December 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05300961). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Edward and Dorothy Cadbury Trust reported income of £341k and spending of £314k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £221k to £341k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Edward and Dorothy Cadbury Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Atrial Fibrillation Association (£341k), Options Wellbeing Trust (£341k) and The Marmalade Trust (£341k).