The Dream Factory

Analysis

The Dream Factory is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilford. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Dream Factory reported income of £174k and spending of £243k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £102k to £174k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Dream Factory sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Home-Start Southport & Formby (£172k), Joseph Ettedgui Charitable Foundation (£174k) and The Paphitis Charitable Trust (£172k).

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.