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The Dorneywood Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1181660SloughArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£467k2025-12-31
Spending£586ksame year
Spent / received123%5-year average
Size in its cause91st pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2019CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Dorneywood Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough. It was registered in January 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Dorneywood Trust reported income of £467k and spending of £586k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £315k to £467k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Dorneywood Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Invisible Flock Co (£467k), The Leeds Amateur Operatic Society (£468k) and The Sunrise Education Trust (£466k).

Income and spending

£0£147k£293k£440k£586k2021 Income: £315,4662021 Spending: £444,22620212022 Income: £389,6342022 Spending: £519,73620222023 Income: £423,2822023 Spending: £541,09520232024 Income: £531,9242024 Spending: £529,82020242025 Income: £467,4262025 Spending: £586,2322025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

THE PRIME PURPOSE OF THE TRUST IS THAT OF MAINTAINING THE MANSION HOUSE AND GARDENS OF DORNEYWOOD AND THE BUILDINGS ON THE ESTATE IN A MANNER SUITABLE TO BE A RESIDENCE OF A SENIOR MINISTER OF THE CROWN

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Invisible Flock CoWest Bretton£467k
The Leeds Amateur Operatic SocietyWest Yorkshire£468k
The Sunrise Education TrustLondon£466k
Zoonation: the Kate Prince Company LimitedLondon£468k