The Siobhan Dowd Trust

Analysis

The Siobhan Dowd Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Siobhan Dowd Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £69k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £76k to £50k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Siobhan Dowd Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Megan's Rose of Hope (£50k), Graft Thames Valley Ltd (£50k) and Bedlington Community Centre (£50k).