Duke of Portland's Charitable Trust

Analysis

Duke of Portland's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worksop. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Duke of Portland's Charitable Trust reported income of £404k and spending of £34k, leaving 92% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £4,473 to £404k (+8933%), an average of +208% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 3490%. Over the whole period it spent 29% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Duke of Portland's Charitable Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warwick Community Association (£402k), Sahil Project (£407k) and Angels and Monsters (£400k).