Old Dovorian Trust

Analysis

Old Dovorian Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in October 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Old Dovorian Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £51k, spending 188% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £18k to £27k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 149% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Old Dovorian Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% 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 Studham School Parent Teacher Friend Association (£27k), Holy Trinity School Parent-Teacher Association (£27k) and Dartmouth Street 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.