The Dawes Trust

Analysis

The Dawes Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Dawes Trust reported income of £119k and spending of £835k, spending 705% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £166k to £119k (-28%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 1277% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Dawes Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central Fund HMS Raleigh (£118k), Operation Christmas Box (£119k) and Worthy Down Pri Fund (£116k).

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.