Dewsbury Welfare Trust

Analysis

Dewsbury Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in October 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 October 2025, Dewsbury Welfare Trust reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.2m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £413k to £1.4m (+234%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dewsbury Welfare Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fine Cell Work (£1.4m), The Bike Project (£1.4m) and International Tree Foundation (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.8%. Reserves of £50k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.