The Barbara and Philip Denny Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Barbara and Philip Denny Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 2025, The Barbara and Philip Denny Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £51k, spending 468% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £20k to £11k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 216% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Barbara and Philip Denny Charitable Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Laverton Village Hall (£11k), Rotary Club of Llandovery Trust Fund (£11k) and Friends of St Aldhelm's School (£11k).

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.