Dempster Trust

Analysis

Dempster Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in June 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dempster Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £18k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,937 to £13k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 179% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Dempster Trust sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Victoria Park Community Association (£13k), The Lloyd's Football Club Matthew Harding Trust (£13k) and Littlehampton Shopmobility (£13k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.