The Deerfold Trust

Analysis

The Deerfold Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in June 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Deerfold Trust reported income of £32k and spending of £26k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,610 to £32k (+384%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 262%. Over the whole period it spent 56% 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 Deerfold Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Ambassadors International (£32k), The George Oliver Foundation (£32k) and Veta Bailey Charitable Trust (£32k).