The Don Miller Charitable Trust CIO

Analysis

The Don Miller Charitable Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Don Miller Charitable Trust CIO reported income of £74k and spending of £102k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £145k to £74k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Don Miller Charitable Trust CIO sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shirley and District Unit No 481 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£74k), Sedgefield and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society (£74k) and 1st Halesowen Scout Group (£74k).