The Benzi Dunner Schools Trust

Analysis

The Benzi Dunner Schools Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Benzi Dunner Schools Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £499k to £1.1m (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Benzi Dunner Schools Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Johnson Charitable Trust (£1.1m), The League of Friends to the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (£1.1m) and Institute of Food Science and Technology (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £800k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate.