D T F Limited

Analysis

D T F Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01477534). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, D T F Limited reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.7m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £1.9m (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, D T F Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include High Trees Community Development Trust (£1.9m), Medair UK (£1.9m) and St George's Community Children's Project Limited (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 99%. Charitable activities took 14% of spending and raising funds 86%. Grants to other organisations totalled £221k. Reserves of £2.7m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate.