Duncombe Charitable Trust

Analysis

Duncombe Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Duncombe Charitable Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £42k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £28k to £24k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Duncombe Charitable Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Army and Navy Club Benevolent Fund (£24k), B L Joshi Benevolent Fund (£24k) and Cost of Cancer (£24k).