Friends of Della and Don

Analysis

Friends of Della and Don is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Friends of Della and Don reported income of £13k and spending of £20k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £31k to £13k (-58%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 148% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Della and Don sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mermaid Appeal Trust (£13k), Brackley Community Hospital 2020 Trust (£13k) and Sanatan Seva Mandal, UK (£13k).

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.