The Dashlight Foundation

Analysis

The Dashlight Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Dashlight Foundation reported income of £169k and spending of £371k, spending 219% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £1.1m to £169k (-85%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 644%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Dashlight Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Karen Morris Memorial Trust (£169k), Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team (£169k) and Christians in Action (£169k).