Dolphin Charitable Trust

Analysis

Dolphin Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1974, 52 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 February 2025, Dolphin Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £6,740, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £6,736 to £10k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 337% 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, Dolphin Charitable Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Concern Measham (Measham Old Folk's Guild) (£10k), The Tangley Trust (£10k) and Rotary Club of Radlett Trust Fund (£10k).