Charity of John Dawber

Analysis

Charity of John Dawber is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Charity of John Dawber reported income of £53k and spending of £47k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £50k to £53k (+6.1%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Charity of John Dawber sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brookwood War Memorial Hall (£53k), Dore School and Charity Land Trust (£53k) and Triodos Foundation (£53k).