Durtnell Charitable Trust

Analysis

Durtnell Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Westerham. It was registered in July 2009, 17 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 December 2025, Durtnell Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £8,680, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5 to £10k (+199900%), an average of +569% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 202320%. Over the whole period it spent 134% 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, Durtnell Charitable Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gratton Surgery (£10k), GCT (£10k) and John Hainsworth Bates Charitable Trust (£10k).