Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust

Analysis

Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bakewell. It was registered in July 1966, 60 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust reported income of £256k and spending of £372k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £249k to £256k (+2.6%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 168% 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, Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust 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 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hemel Hempstead Day Centre Limited (£255k), Altor Foundation (£256k) and The Dinswade Trust (£254k).

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.