The Laduma Dhamecha Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Laduma Dhamecha Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stanmore. It was registered in June 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Laduma Dhamecha Charitable Trust reported income of £3.9m and spending of £3.7m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.7m to £3.9m (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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 Laduma Dhamecha Charitable Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kairos Community Trust (£3.9m), British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (£3.9m) and Milton Keynes Dons Football Club Sports & Education Trust (£3.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and investments 5.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.7m. Reserves of £4.4m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate.