Delves Charitable Trust

Analysis

Delves Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in May 1964, 62 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, Delves Charitable Trust reported income of £222k and spending of £374k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £252k to £222k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 133% 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, Delves Charitable Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Richard Lawes Foundation (£222k), The Roselands Trust (£223k) and The Anchor Foundation (£222k).

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.