The Norman Dawson Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Norman Dawson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kidderminster. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Norman Dawson Charitable Trust reported income of £170k and spending of £196k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £57k to £170k (+197%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 175%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Norman Dawson Charitable Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hornsey Vale Community Association (£170k), Hispanic Welfare Association (£170k) and The Pah Family Charitable Trust (£170k).

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.