The Kenneth Montague Dickinson Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Kenneth Montague Dickinson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Kenneth Montague Dickinson Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £18k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £5,830 to £12k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Kenneth Montague Dickinson Charitable Trust sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Celestial Church of Christ Portsmouth Parish (£12k), Christ Disciples Centre (£12k) and Stainton Memorial Hall (£12k).