Dorothy Hird Trust

Analysis

Dorothy Hird Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dorothy Hird Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £19k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £21k to £14k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Dorothy Hird Trust sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maids Moreton Village Hall (£14k), The Bournstream Trust (£14k) and Rookwood Spur Charitable Trust (£14k).

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.