Dacorum Community Trust

Analysis

Dacorum Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hemel Hempstead. It was registered in January 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dacorum Community Trust reported income of £160k and spending of £187k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £117k to £160k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Dacorum Community Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alderson Disabled Ex-Service Men's Homes Trust (£160k), West Dorset Mencap Society (£160k) and Ucan Productions (£160k).