Diana Mary Symon Charitable Trust

Analysis

Diana Mary Symon Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Diana Mary Symon Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £13k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £4,180 to £11k (+173%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 159% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Diana Mary Symon Charitable Trust sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dymock Parish Hall (£11k), Animal Protection Trust (£11k) and Help Street Cats and Dogs (£11k).

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.