D & L Trust Fund

Analysis

D & L Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in June 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. 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, D & L Trust Fund reported income of £555k and spending of £229k, leaving 59% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £255k to £555k (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, D & L Trust Fund sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Caxton Youth Organisation (£555k), Swings & Smiles (£556k) and Disability Solutions West Midlands (£555k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and investments 5.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £229k. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 67 months of spending at that rate.