The W E Dunn Trust

Analysis

The W E Dunn Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in August 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The W E Dunn Trust reported income of £238k and spending of £257k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £182k to £238k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The W E Dunn Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Jude India Childcare Centres United Kingdom (Sjicc UK) (£238k), Lara Atkin Charitable Foundation (£238k) and Sangam Foundation (£238k).

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.