Dover Sholem Community Trust

Analysis

Dover Sholem Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dover Sholem Community Trust reported income of £3.2m and spending of £3.4m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £3.2m (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Dover Sholem Community Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Mason Yardley Trust (£3.2m), Thames Reach Housing (£3.2m) and The Manchester Youth Zone Limited (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.7m.

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.