The Darkley Trust

Analysis

The Darkley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Glamorgan. It was registered in February 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Darkley Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £39k, spending 307% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £100k to £13k (-87%), an average of -40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 49% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Darkley Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough Charity for the Benefit of the Inhabitants (£13k), Mri Software Foundation UK (£13k) and Thomas Lee Thornton's Charity - Newnham Old School Trust (£13k).