Donating Charity Limited

Analysis

Donating Charity Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1966, 60 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 company (Companies House number 00873763). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Donating Charity Limited reported income of £1.9m and spending of £3.1m, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £1.9m (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 161% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Donating Charity Limited sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sutton Borough Citizens' Advice Bureaux (£1.9m), Firstfruits Gospel Foundation (£1.9m) and St Benedict's Hospice, Sunderland (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 18%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.5m. Reserves of £25.4m would cover about 96 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

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.