The Daniell Trust

Analysis

The Daniell Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Daniell Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £888k, spending 3959% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £71k to £22k (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 488% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Daniell Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fair Earth Foundation (£22k), Livvy Lou's Loved Ones (£22k) and The Mitcheldean and District Community Association (£22k).

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.