Denne Gilkes Memorial Fund

Analysis

Denne Gilkes Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stratford-Upon-Avon. It was registered in March 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Denne Gilkes Memorial Fund reported income of £10k and spending of £7,582, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £21k to £10k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Denne Gilkes Memorial Fund sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Iris Project (£10k), Up and Under Foundation (£10k) and Cranbrook and District Orchestral Society (£10k).