Dana Charitable Trust

Analysis

Dana Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 March 2026, Dana Charitable Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £34k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £66k to £24k (-64%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dana Charitable Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dent-Brocklehurst Family Charitable Trust (£24k), "Lyndale" Knowsley Cancer Support Centre Limited (£24k) and Umar Welfare Society (£24k).

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.