The Dulverton Trust

Analysis

The Dulverton Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07991677). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Dulverton Trust reported income of £2.2m and spending of £4.7m, spending 215% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £2.9m to £2.2m (-24%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 193% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Dulverton Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Stay Charity (£2.2m), Bootstrap Company Limited (£2.2m) and Anawim - Birmingham’s Centre for Women Limited (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 14%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.8m. Reserves of £117.8m would cover about 295 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.

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.