Dormywood Trust
Analysis
Dormywood Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in June 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending March 2026, Dormywood Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £85k, spending 794% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £20k to £11k (-47%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 223%. Over the whole period it spent 244% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dormywood Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sutton Hall Cleadon (£11k), The Tertis Foundation (£11k) and Kass Charitable Trust (£11k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Dormywood Trust is prioritising work in the following areas; food poverty, violence against women and girls, environmental work and arts-based creative organisations working with young people. We will not be operating an open application process but instead working proactively to fund grass-roots work in these areas. We will not respond to unsolicited requests for funding.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Sutton Hall Cleadon | South Shields | £11k |
| The Tertis Foundation | London | £11k |
| Kass Charitable Trust | London | £11k |
| McGough-Colin Foundation CIO | Princes Risborough | £11k |