The D W Mitchell Charitable Trust

Analysis

The D W Mitchell Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Brent. It was registered in November 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The D W Mitchell Charitable Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £50k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £55k to £27k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 258%. Over the whole period it spent 256% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The D W Mitchell Charitable Trust 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 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Totnes Trust (£27k), Derwent Valley Light Railway Society (£27k) and The Lewes Priory Trust (£27k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.