The Dauncey Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Dauncey Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in February 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Dauncey Family Charitable Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £34k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £21k to £50k (+145%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Dauncey Family Charitable Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Batley Community Centre (£50k), Chivers Coton Wesleyan Reform Church (£50k) and Nefesh Hatorah (£50k).