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The Society of Dilettanti Charitable Trust Fund

RegisteredRegistered charity number 274838SurreyArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£38k2026-03-31
Spending£41ksame year
Spent / received136%5-year average
Size in its cause64th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1978Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Society of Dilettanti Charitable Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Society of Dilettanti Charitable Trust Fund reported income of £38k and spending of £41k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £35k to £38k (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Society of Dilettanti Charitable Trust Fund sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Diseworth Village Hall (£38k), The Bishop's Stortford Choral Society (£38k) and Newby and Scalby Community Hall (£38k).

Income and spending

£0£17k£34k£51k£67k2022 Income: £34,8892022 Spending: £44,87420222023 Income: £34,3862023 Spending: £67,34820232024 Income: £33,5132024 Spending: £33,42520242025 Income: £33,7762025 Spending: £50,60220252026 Income: £38,3562026 Spending: £41,2262026
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity helps museums, libraries and the National Trust to acquire archives and works of art and makes grants towards the conservation of historic buildings, in both cases where there is a connection with the Society of Dilettanti. The charity's Normanby Fund makes an annual travel award for visiting classical sites and museums in Greece, Italy or the Eastern Mediterranean.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Diseworth Village HallDerby£38k
The Bishop's Stortford Choral SocietyHertfordshire£38k
Newby and Scalby Community HallNorth Yorkshire£38k
Essex Shire Hall TrustChelmsford£38k