The Dalby Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Dalby Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Dalby Charitable Trust reported income of £35k and spending of £117k, spending 337% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £36k to £35k (-3.3%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 295% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Dalby Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Millie Mittoo Children's Projects (£35k), The Rainbow Project Plymouth (£35k) and Do Slumthing (£35k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.