British Dental Association Trust Fund

Analysis

British Dental Association Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in lONDON. It was registered in September 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00849283). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, British Dental Association Trust Fund reported income of £883k and spending of £1.3m, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £504k to £883k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, British Dental Association Trust Fund sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The York Glaziers' Trust (£883k), West Wales Rivers Trust (£884k) and National Biodiversity Network Trust (£874k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £189k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.

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.