The de Vitre Trust

Analysis

The de Vitre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in August 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The de Vitre Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £18k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £174k to £18k (-89%), an average of -43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 de Vitre Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Longridge and North Preston (£18k), Ashfield House Masonic Benevolent Association (£18k) and The Rotary Club of Clacton Jubilee (£18k).

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.