Charity Digital Trust

Analysis

Charity Digital Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 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 company (Companies House number 06902258). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Charity Digital Trust reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.8m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.7m (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Charity Digital Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fore (£2.7m), The Haydn Green Foundation (£2.7m) and The Barbour Foundation (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £91k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.

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.