The Dickinson Charitable Trust

Analysis

The 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, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Dickinson Charitable Trust reported income of £76k and spending of £141k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £20k to £76k (+277%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 159% 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, The Dickinson Charitable Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Anthony Gold Solicitors Charitable Trust (£76k), The Searchlight Electric Charitable Trust (£76k) and Slaithwaite Community Association (£76k).