Brigadier D V and Mrs H R Phelps Charitable Settlement

Analysis

Brigadier D V and Mrs H R Phelps Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Brigadier D V and Mrs H R Phelps Charitable Settlement reported income of £18k and spending of £71k, spending 396% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £20k to £18k (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 242% 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, Brigadier D V and Mrs H R Phelps Charitable Settlement sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Alston Charity (£18k), Newton and Bywell Community Trust (£18k) and Dalton-In-Furness Old Peoples Welfare Centre (£18k).

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.