Dolphin School Trust

Analysis

Dolphin School Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04479890). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Dolphin School Trust reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.3m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £2.3m to £2.2m (-4.0%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Dolphin School 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Woking Christ Church (£2.2m), Duke of Lancaster's Foundation (£2.3m) and Ridley Hall, Cambridge (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and donations and legacies 8.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £758k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.