The Ducklings Trust

Analysis

The Ducklings Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in December 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Ducklings Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £18k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £15k to £13k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 196%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Ducklings Trust sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include African Hospital Libraries (£13k), Mat Charity (£13k) and Face2face Ministries (£13k).

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.