The Bellinger Donnay Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Bellinger Donnay Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kingston Upon Thames. It was registered in June 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Bellinger Donnay Charitable Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £31k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,502 to £24k (+215%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 934%. Over the whole period it spent 561% 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, The Bellinger Donnay Charitable Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llanddewi Rhydderch Village Hall (£24k), The Cemlyn-Jones Charitable Trust (£24k) and Cumberland Building Society Charitable Foundation (£24k).

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.