The Dorothy Bayles Trust

Analysis

The Dorothy Bayles Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in May 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Dorothy Bayles Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £48k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £51k to £46k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Dorothy Bayles Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Zachary Merton and George Woofindin Convalescent Trust (£46k), Middlesex Mark Benevolent Fund (£46k) and Start Young UK (£46k).