The Doughty Charity Trust

Analysis

The Doughty Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Doughty Charity Trust reported income of £863k and spending of £642k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £316k to £863k (+173%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 595%. Over the whole period it spent 116% 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 Doughty Charity Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bridge Central (£863k), Daft As a Brush Cancer Patient Care Charitable Trust (£864k) and Freedom Church Hereford (£862k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79% and investments 18%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £636k. Reserves of £462k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate.