The William Delafield Charitable Trust

Analysis

The William Delafield Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in December 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The William Delafield Charitable Trust reported income of £287k and spending of £313k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £569k to £287k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 624% 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 William Delafield Charitable Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abberton Rural Training (£287k), Shaftesbury Arts Centre (£287k) and The Rifles Wardrobe and Museum Trust (£286k).

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.