Anonymous Donor Trust

Analysis

Anonymous Donor Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Richmond. It was registered in August 2007, 19 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Anonymous Donor Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £35k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £25k to £25k (+0.2%), an average of +0.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 139% 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, Anonymous Donor Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Scalford and District Youth and Community Centre (£25k), Worfield Village Hall (£25k) and Brighton Beachside Rotary Charitable Fund (£25k).

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.