The James and Deirdre Dyson Trust

Analysis

The James and Deirdre Dyson Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Malmesbury. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The James and Deirdre Dyson Trust reported income of £217k and spending of £277k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £58k to £217k (+272%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The James and Deirdre Dyson Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescence (£216k), Central Harvest Church (£217k) and In Jolly Good Company (£216k).

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.