The D&e Charitable Trust

Analysis

The D&e Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The D&e Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £2,695, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £45k to £13k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 225%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The D&e Charitable Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samuel Shepherd (£13k), The Rainbow Legacy CIO (£13k) and The Cascaid Trust (£13k).