The Dinswade Trust

Analysis

The Dinswade Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 2008, 18 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 and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Dinswade Trust reported income of £254k and spending of £1.1m, spending 413% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £355k to £254k (-28%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 320%. Over the whole period it spent 213% 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, The Dinswade Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bell Charitable Trust (£254k), Hemel Hempstead Day Centre Limited (£255k) and Fort Foundation (£254k).