Diana Award

Analysis

Diana Award is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05739137). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Diana Award reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.3m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £2.0m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Diana Award sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Voluntary Action Leicester (£2.0m), CoLab Exeter (£2.1m) and Community Action Suffolk (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and trading 4.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £7,250. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Reserves of £362k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.