Dawliffe Hall Educational Foundation

Analysis

Dawliffe Hall Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01450892). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dawliffe Hall Educational Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.6m, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £3.7m to £1.2m (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dawliffe Hall Educational Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Almshouse Association (£1.2m), Staffordshire Pathway Project (£1.2m) and Citizens Advice Shropshire (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 61%, charitable activities 26%, investments 11% and trading 1.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £93k. Reserves of £839k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.