David Tannen Charitable Trust

Analysis

David Tannen Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, David Tannen Charitable Trust reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.1m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £3.1m to £3.5m (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, David Tannen Charitable Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust (£3.5m), Age UK Barnet (£3.5m) and John Ellerman Foundation (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 15% of spending and raising funds 85%. Grants to other organisations totalled £451k. Reserves of £12.1m would cover about 48 months of spending at that rate.