The Courage - Dyer Recreational Trust

Analysis

The Courage - Dyer Recreational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Courage - Dyer Recreational Trust reported income of £44k and spending of £35k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £38k to £44k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Courage - Dyer Recreational Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Living Theatre Whitwell (£44k), Samlesbury Memorial Hall (£44k) and Aston-On-Trent War Memorial Hall (£44k).