John Dorsett Trust

Analysis

John Dorsett Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, John Dorsett Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £13k (+28%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, John Dorsett Trust sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fettiplace and Godfrey Trust (£13k), Wakefield Spiritualist Church (£13k) and St Michael's Trust (£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.