The Arnold and Dorothy Denman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Arnold and Dorothy Denman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in March 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Arnold and Dorothy Denman Charitable Trust reported income of £83k and spending of £98k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £39k to £83k (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 561%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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 Arnold and Dorothy Denman Charitable Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Above & Beyond Cancer Foundation (£82k), Dorema Charitable Trust (£83k) and The Reckitt Family Charitable Trust (£82k).