Douglas Arter Foundation

Analysis

Douglas Arter Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chippenham. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 December 2025, Douglas Arter Foundation reported income of £124k and spending of £132k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £105k to £124k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Douglas Arter Foundation sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A G Manly Charitable Trust (£124k), Charlotte Children's Village (£124k) and Give a Kidney (£124k).

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.