The Dorus Trust

Analysis

The Dorus Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Dorus Trust reported income of £57k and spending of £90k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £57k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 148% 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 Dorus Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include William Heather Will Trust (£57k), Hospice Income Generation Network (£57k) and Friends of Matthew Rusike Childrens Home (£57k).

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.